Osiris Inc. v. 1444707 Ontario Ltd. et al., [2005] O.T.C. 1101 (SC)

• Judge: Cullity, J.
• Court: Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
• Case Date: October 28, 2005
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: [2005] O.T.C. 1101 (SC)

Osiris Inc. v. 1444707 Ont., [2005] O.T.C. 1101 (SC)

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Temp. Cite: [2006] O.T.C. TBEd. JA.028

Osiris Inc. (plaintiff) v. 1444707 Ontario Ltd., Mary Genovese, 1422223 Ontario Inc., Richard Robbs, 1409133 Ontario Inc., Oliver Gordon, 1403161 Ontario Inc., Viken Kahwajian (aka Vik Kahwajian), 1394135 Ontario Ltd., 1483710 Ontario Ltd., Ronald Anglin, Barb Anglin, 1498368 Ontario Inc., Liz Leclair, Jaskhs Enterprises Inc., John Szymkowiak, 1376760 Ontario Inc., Krikor Kahwajian (aka Koko Kahwajian), 1363777 Ontario Ltd., Tom Rush, Kristine Watkinson, 1375023 Ontario Inc. and Oliver Gordon (defendants)

(Court File Nos. 03-CT-023643 CP; 03-CV-257165 CM2)

Indexed As: Osiris Inc. v. 1444707 Ontario Ltd. et al.

Court of Ontario

Superior Court of Justice

Cullity, J.

December 21, 2005.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Barristers and Solicitors - Topic 785

Duty to court - Disqualification of counsel - Standard for removal - See paragraphs 1 to 91.

Barristers and Solicitors - Topic 787

Duty to court - Disqualification of counsel - When available (incl. grounds) - See paragraphs 1 to 91.

Cases Noticed:

Ontario (Attorney General) v. Information and Privacy Commissioner (Ont.) (2005), 197 O.A.C. 278 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 28].

Celanese Canada Inc. et al. v. Murray Demolition Corp. et al. (2004), 190 O.A.C. 329 (C.A.), leave to appeal granted (2005), 341 N.R. 396; 207 O.A.C. 397 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 51].

MacDonald Estate v. Martin and Rossmere Holdings (1970) Ltd., [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1235; 121 N.R. 1; 70 Man.R.(2d) 241, refd to. [para. 51].

Miller v. Miller (2000), 257 A.R. 232 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 59].

Firemaster Oilfield Services Ltd. v. Safety Boss (Canada) (1993) Ltd. et al. (2000), 285 A.R. 141 (Q.B.), affd. (2001), 293 A.R. 366; 257 W.A.C. 366 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 60].

Autosurvey Inc. v. Prevost et al., [2005] O.T.C. 883 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 61].

Grenzservice Speditions Ges.m.b.H. et al. v. Jans et al., [1995] B.C.T.C. Uned. F12; 129 D.L.R.(4th) 733 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 61].

Nova Growth Corp. et al. v. Kepinski et al., [2001] O.T.C. 1037 (Sup. Ct.), leave to appeal refused [2002] O.J. No. 2522 (Div. Ct.), leave to appeal dismissed (2003), 326 N.R. 398; 193 O.A.C. 399 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 61].

K.L.S. v. M.C.D. et al., [2005] O.T.C. 799 (Sup. Ct. Master), refd to. [para. 63].

National Bank Financial Ltd. v. Potter et al. (2005), 233 N.S.R.(2d) 123; 739 A.P.R. 123 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 63].

K.M. v. H.M., [1992] 3 S.C.R. 6; 142 N.R. 321; 57 O.A.C. 321, refd to. [para. 66].

Sedley Securities Ltd. v. Bank of New Zealand (1991), 26 N.S.W.L.R. 711 (Aust. S.C.), refd to. [para. 67].

Ashburton v. Pape, [1913] 2 Ch. 469 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 89].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Sopinka, John, Lederman, Sidney N., and Bryant, Alan W., The Law of Evidence in Canada (2nd Ed. 1999), paras. 14.100 to 14.106 [para. 66].

Counsel:

Benjamin Zarnett and Richard Campbell, for the plaintiff/moving party;

K. Scott McLean, Peter Annis and Ian B. Houle, for the defendants/respondents;

Brian D. Belmont, for Indus Corp. and Urus Industrial Corp.;

Samir Kulkarni and Kiran Kulkarni appeared in person.

This motion was heard on September 6-8 and October 28, 2005, by Cullity, J., of the Ontario Superior Court, who released the following decision on December 21, 2005.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.