Rothwell v. Canada, (1985) 2 F.T.R. 6 (TD)

JudgeStrayer, J.
CourtFederal Court (Canada)
Case DateDecember 03, 1985
JurisdictionCanada (Federal)
Citations(1985), 2 F.T.R. 6 (TD)

Rothwell v. Can. (1985), 2 F.T.R. 6 (TD)

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Rothwell v. Canada

(No. T-1-83)

Indexed As: Rothwell v. Canada

Federal Court of Canada

Trial Division

Strayer, J.

December 23, 1985.

Summary:

A federal Department of Transport employee retired at age 49. He had the option of taking a deferred annuity payable at age 60 or an annual allowance commencing at age 50. The employee, 11 months after retiring, elected to receive the annual allowance. Contrary to his belief, the annual allowance was not retroactive to his fiftieth birthday, but commenced only when he elected to take the allowance. The employee sued in contract and tort for the amount payable had the allowance been retroactive.

The Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, allowed the action on the ground that it was negligently misrepresented that the payments were retroactive.

Fraud and Misrepresentation - Topic 2506

Misrepresentation - Negligent misrepresentation - What constitutes - A civil servant retired before age 50 - He had the option of receiving an annual allowance at age 50 or a deferred annuity commencing at age 60 - He elected to take the annual allowance, but made the election months after his fiftieth birthday - The annual allowance was clearly not retroactive to age 50, but commenced when the election was made - The Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, held that the civil servant was entitled to the amount payable based on a retroactive application, because it was negligently misrepresented to him that the allowance was retroactive and that he had one year from his retirement to make his election.

Practice - Topic 7114

Costs - Party and party costs - Special orders - Increase in scale of costs - Importance of issues - The Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, refused to award a successful plaintiff solicitor-client costs or an increased counsel fee, but did, having regard to the novelty and importance of the issue, award costs on a higher scale - See paragraph 10.

Cases Noticed:

Hedley Byrne & Co. Ltd. v. Heller & Partners Ltd., [1964] A.C. 465, appld. [para. 5].

Mason (V.K.) Construction Ltd. v. Bank of Nova Scotia et al., [1985] 1 S.C.R. 271; 58 N.R. 195; 8 O.A.C. 381, appld. [para. 5].

Domestic Converter Corp. et al. v. Arctic Steamship Line et al. (1983), 46 N.R. 195 (Fed. C.A.), refd to. [para. 9].

Connaught Laboratories Ltd. v. Government of Canada (1983), 49 N.R. 331 (Fed. C.A.), refd to. [para. 9].

Statutes Noticed:

Public Service Superannuation Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. P-36, sect. 12(1)(c)(ii)(A) [para. 3].

Counsel:

Appearances: Henry S. Brown, for the plaintiff;

Michael Ciavaglia, for the defendant.

Solicitors of Record:

Gowling & Henderson, Ottawa, Ontario, for the plaintiff;

F. Iacobucci, Q.C., Deputy Attorney General of Canada, for the defendant.

This action was heard on December 3, 1985, at Ottawa, Ontario, before Strayer, J., of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, who delivered the following judgment on December 23, 1985.

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