Somwar v. McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Ltd., [2006] O.T.C. 28 (SC)

• Judge: Stinson, J.
• Court: Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
• Case Date: September 23, 2005
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: [2006] O.T.C. 28 (SC)

Somwar v. McDonald's, [2006] O.T.C. 28 (SC)

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Temp. Cite: [2006] O.T.C. TBEd. JA.088

Jainarine Somwar (plaintiff/responding party) v. McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited (defendant/moving party)

(Court File No. 05-CV-283913-SR)

Indexed As: Somwar v. McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Ltd.

Court of Ontario

Superior Court of Justice

Stinson, J.

January 10, 2006.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Practice - Topic 2203

Pleadings - Striking out pleadings - Setting aside order striking out pleadings - See paragraphs 44 to 49.

Torts - Topic 5401

Invasion of privacy - General - See paragraphs 1 to 42.

Cases Noticed:

Hunt v. T & N plc et al., [1990] 2 S.C.R. 959; 117 N.R. 321, refd to. [para. 4].

Hunt v. Carey Canada Inc. - see Hunt v. T & N plc et al.

Nash v. Ontario (1995), 27 O.R.(3d) 1 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 5].

Capan v. Capan, [1980] O.J. No. 1361 (H.C.), refd to. [para. 14].

Saccone v. Orr (1981), 34 O.R.(2d) 317 (Co. Ct.), refd to. [para. 15].

Roth v. Roth (1991), 4 O.R.(3d) 740 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 16].

Lipiec v. Borsa et al. (1996), 17 O.T.C. 64 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 17].

Tran v. Financial Debt Recovery Ltd., [2000] O.T.C. 806 (Sup. Ct.), revd. [2001] O.J. No. 4103 (Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 18].

Garrett v. Mikalachki, [2000] O.T.C. 248 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 19].

Rathmann et al. v. Rudka, [2001] O.T.C. 258 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 19].

Haskett v. Trans Union of Canada Inc. et al., [2001] O.T.C. 914; 10 C.C.L.T.(3d) 128 (Sup. Ct.), affd. (2003), 169 O.A.C. 201; 15 C.C.L.T.(3d) 194 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 20].

Weingerl v. Seo et al., [2003] O.T.C. 940 (Sup. Ct.), varied (2005), 199 O.A.C. 172 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 21].

T.W. v. Seo - see Weingerl v. Seo et al.

Southam Inc. v. Hunter, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145; 55 N.R. 241; 55 A.R. 291, refd to. [para. 23].

R. v. Dyment, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 417; 89 N.R. 249; 73 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 13; 229 A.P.R. 13, refd to. [para. 24].

Canadian Aids Society v. Ontario (1995), 25 O.R.(3d) 388 (Gen. Div.), affd. (1996), 31 O.R.(3d) 798 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 25].

Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto and Manning, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130; 184 N.R. 1; 84 O.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 26].

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool v. Canada, [1983] 1 S.C.R. 205; 45 N.R. 425, refd to. [para. 33].

Odhavji Estate et al. v. Woodhouse et al., [1998] O.T.C. Uned. 573 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 38].

Odhavji Estate v. Toronto (Metropolitan) Police Force - see Odhavji Estate et al. v. Woodhouse et al.

Odhavji Estate et al. v. Woodhouse et al., [2003] 3 S.C.R. 263; 312 N.R. 305; 180 O.A.C. 201, refd to. [para. 41].

Bhadauria v. Seneca College, [1981] 2 S.C.R. 181; 37 N.R. 455, refd to. [para. 47].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Archibald, Todd L., and Cochrane, Michael, Annual Review of Civil Litigation (2005), pp. 225 [para. 25]; 229 [para. 27]; 235 [para. 30].

Bell, Robyn M., Tort of Invasion of Privacy - Has its Time Finally Come?, in Archibald, Todd L., and Cochrane, Michael, Annual Review of Civil Litigation (2005), pp. 225 [para. 25]; 229 [para. 27]; 235 [para. 30].

Craig, John D.R., Invasion of Privacy and Charter Values: The Common-Law Tort Awakens (1997), 42 McGill L.J. 355, generally [para. 30]; fn. 2 [para. 28].

Fridman, Gerald Henry Louis, The Law of Torts in Canada (2nd Ed. 2002), generally [para. 12]; pp. 20, 21 [para. 11]; 633 [para. 37].

Klar, Lewis N., Tort Law (1st Ed. 1991), p. 56 [para. 20].

Linden, Allen M., Canadian Tort Law (7th Ed. 2001), pp. 36, 37 [para. 48]; 214 [para. 36].

Prosser, William L., Privacy (1960), 48 Cal. L. Rev. 383, generally [para. 10 et seq.]; p. 389 [para. 9].

Counsel:

Elizabeth Dyke, for the plaintiff/responding party;

Eric T. Gresham, for the defendant/moving party.

This motion was heard on September 23, 2005, by Stinson, J., of the Ontario Superior Court, who released the following decision on January 10, 2006.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.