Ontario Securities Commission v. Tiffin
| Jurisdiction | Ontario |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Ontario) |
| Judge | Roberts, Harvison Young and Thorburn JJ.A. |
| Citation | 2020 ONCA 217 |
| Docket Number | C66232 |
| Date | 16 March 2020 |
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20 practice notes
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 29 – July 3, 2026)
...Insurance Act, R.S.N.L. 1990, c. L-14, An Act to amend The Insurance Act, S.O. 1961-62, c. 63, Ontario Securities Commission v. Tiffin, 2020 ONCA 217, Ledcor Construction Ltd. v. Northbridge Indemnity Insurance Co., 2016 SCC 37, Telus Communications Inc. v. Federation of Canadian Municipali......
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Table of cases
...543 ........................................................................................ 56, 57 Ontario Securities Commission v Tiin, 2020 ONCA 217 ............................ 56, 57 Paciic Coast Coin Exchange of Canada v Ontario (Securities Commission), [1978] 2 SCR 212, 80 DLR (3d) 5......
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Table of cases
...Change) v Sunrise Propane Energy Group Ltd, 2017 ONSC 6954 .............................. 265 Ontario Securities Commission v Tiin, 2020 ONCA 217 ................................ 284 Ontario v Canadian Paciic, [1995] 2 SCR 1031, 125 DLR (4th) 385, 99 CCC (3d) 97...................................
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 16 March 20, 2020)
...Law, Child Protection, Expert Evidence, Child and Family Services Act, RSO 1990, c C11, s 37(2) Ontario Securities Commission v. Tiffin, 2020 ONCA 217 Keywords: Securities, Definition of Security, Promissory Notes, Family Resemblance Test, Offences, Sentencing, Custodial Sentences, Securiti......
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7 cases
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Trebell v. Canada Life Assurance Company
...interpretation – i.e., purely legal questions where deference is not owed to the motion judge: Ontario Securities Commission v. Tiffin, 2020 ONCA 217, 150 O.R. (3d) 714, at para. 24. Resolving issue 3 requires interpreting the Policy, which is a standard form contract. The interpretation of......
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Trebell v Canada Life Assurance Company
...interpretation – i.e., purely legal questions where deference is not owed to the motion judge: Ontario Securities Commission v. Tiffin, 2020 ONCA 217, 150 O.R. (3d) 714, at para. 24. Resolving issue 3 requires interpreting the Policy, which is a standard form contract. The interpretation of......
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Kraft v. Ontario (Securities Commission)
...than” was “structured as a prohibition with a limited exception”: para. 32. Further, in Ontario (Securities Commission) v. Tiffin, 2020 ONCA 217, 150 O.R. (3d) 714, the Court of Appeal considered the definition of the word “security” in the Act, which includes “(e) a bond, debenture, note…o......
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Ontario Securities Commission v. Adams
...by the Court of Appeal for Ontario, in the case of Ontario Securities Commission and Daniel Tiffin and Tiffin Financial Corporation, 2020 ONCA 217, which was released on March 16th, 2020, is very important for this court. This judgment will be referred to as the Tiffin case. It is a critica......
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10 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 29 – July 3, 2026)
...Insurance Act, R.S.N.L. 1990, c. L-14, An Act to amend The Insurance Act, S.O. 1961-62, c. 63, Ontario Securities Commission v. Tiffin, 2020 ONCA 217, Ledcor Construction Ltd. v. Northbridge Indemnity Insurance Co., 2016 SCC 37, Telus Communications Inc. v. Federation of Canadian Municipali......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 16 March 20, 2020)
...Law, Child Protection, Expert Evidence, Child and Family Services Act, RSO 1990, c C11, s 37(2) Ontario Securities Commission v. Tiffin, 2020 ONCA 217 Keywords: Securities, Definition of Security, Promissory Notes, Family Resemblance Test, Offences, Sentencing, Custodial Sentences, Securiti......
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Ontario Court Of Appeal Adopts A Broad Definition Of What Constitutes A 'Security'
...by Maya Bretgoltz In Ontario Securities Commission v. Tiffin, 2020 ONCA 217, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has adopted a broad approach to what constitutes a "security" within the meaning of the Securities Act , R.S.O. 1990 c. S. 5. In rejecting the application of the "family resemblan......
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Ontario Court of Appeal Adopts a Broad Definition of What Constitutes a “Security”
...- Articing Student] In Ontario Securities Commission v. Tiffin, 2020 ONCA 217 , the Court of Appeal for Ontario has adopted a broad approach to what constitutes a "security" within the meaning of the Securities Act , R.S.O. 1990 c. S. 5. In rejecting the application of the "family resem......
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3 books & journal articles
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Table of cases
...543 ........................................................................................ 56, 57 Ontario Securities Commission v Tiin, 2020 ONCA 217 ............................ 56, 57 Paciic Coast Coin Exchange of Canada v Ontario (Securities Commission), [1978] 2 SCR 212, 80 DLR (3d) 5......
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Table of cases
...Change) v Sunrise Propane Energy Group Ltd, 2017 ONSC 6954 .............................. 265 Ontario Securities Commission v Tiin, 2020 ONCA 217 ................................ 284 Ontario v Canadian Paciic, [1995] 2 SCR 1031, 125 DLR (4th) 385, 99 CCC (3d) 97...................................
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Regulatory Offences and Corporate Crime
...Corp , 2013 ONCA 541 ($750,000 for one count of criminal negligence causing death). 107 Ontario Securities Commission v Tiin , 2020 ONCA 217 at paras 52–56. 108 Quebec (Attorney General) v 9147-0732 Québec inc , 2020 SCC 32. 109 Irwin , above note 33. 110 R v Amway Corp , [1989] 1 SCR 21. 1......
