Tempo Marble & Granite Ltd. et al. v. Ship Mecklenburg 1 et al., (2002) 228 F.T.R. 225 (TD)

• Court: Federal Court (Canada)
• Case Date: November 04, 2002
• Jurisdiction: Canada (Federal)
• Citations: (2002), 228 F.T.R. 225 (TD)

Tempo Marble v. Ship Mecklenburg 1 (2002), 228 F.T.R. 225 (TD)

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Temp. Cite: [2002] F.T.R. TBEd. DE.011

Tempo Marble & Granite Ltd. and General Noli Spedizioni Internazionali S.p.a. (plaintiffs) v. The Owners and All Others Interested in the Ship "Mecklenburg 1" also known as the Ship "Admiralty", the Ship "Mecklenburg 1" also known as the Ship "Admiralty", Admiralty Shipping Enterprise Inc., Canada Maritime Limited (Bermuda) and Canadian Pacific Railway Company (defendants)

(T-404-00; 2002 FCT 1190)

Indexed As: Tempo Marble & Granite Ltd. et al. v. Ship Mecklenburg 1 et al.

Federal Court of Canada

Trial Division

Hargrave, Prothonotary

November 14, 2002.

Summary:

Two defendants moved to strike out a portion of one of the plaintiffs' affidavits and all of a second affidavit, being rule 299 affidavits adducing evidence-in-chief in this simplified action.

A Prothonotary of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, allowed the motions.

Courts - Topic 2536

Registrars and prothonotaries - Jurisdiction - Case management - Rule 385(1)(d) of the Federal Court Rules, 1998, provided that a case management judge or a prothonotary assigned to assist in the management of a proceeding "shall deal with all matters that arise prior to the trial or hearing of a specially managed proceeding" and "may... hear and determine all motions arising prior to the assignment of a hearing date." - A Prothonotary of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, rejected the argument that rule 385(1)(d) could be read as bringing case managers' jurisdiction to an end once a hearing date had been set - See paragraphs 3 to 5.

Courts - Topic 4016.4

Federal Court of Canada - Jurisdiction - Trial Division - Case management - [See Courts - Topic 2536 ].

Practice - Topic 37

Actions - Conduct of - General - Case management - [See Courts - Topic 2536 ].

Cases Noticed:

Yazdanian v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (1998), 150 F.T.R. 297 (T.D. Protho.), refd to. [para. 2].

Belgravia Investments Ltd. et al. v. Canada (2002), 220 F.T.R. 246 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 2].

Seaspan International Ltd. v. Canada, [2001] F.T.R. Uned. 611 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 3].

Montana Indian Band v. Canada et al. (1999), 172 F.T.R. 46 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 6].

Preston v. 20th Century Fox Canada Ltd. and Lucas et al. (1987), 15 F.T.R. 54 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 10].

Flexi-Coil Ltd. v. Bourgault (F.P.) Industries (1991), 123 N.R. 235 (F.C.A.), refd to. [para. 10].

Vancouver Art Metal Works Ltd. v. Minister of National Revenue (2001), 202 F.T.R. 287 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 11].

Elders Grain Co. et al. v. Vessel M/V Ralph Misener et al., [2000] F.T.R. Uned. 587 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 18].

Yacyshyn v. Minister of National Revenue, [1999] 1 C.T.C. 139; 236 N.R. 367 (F.C.A.), refd to. [para. 21].

Statutes Noticed:

Federal Courts Rules, 1998, rule 385(1)(d) [para. 3].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Phipson, The Law on Evidence (14th Ed. 1990), pp. 621, 630 [para. 11].

Sopinka, John, Lederman, Sidney N., and Bryant, Alan W., The Law on Evidence in Canada (2nd Ed. 1999), generally [para. 11].

Counsel:

Jason R. Kostyniuk, for the plaintiffs;

Darren McGuire, for the defendant, Canada Maritime Limited (Bermuda);

Raphaël N. Lescop, for the defendant, Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

Solicitors of Record:

Bromley Chapelski, Vancouver, British Columbia, for the plaintiffs;

Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP, Montreal, Quebec, for the defendant, Canada Maritime Limited (Bermuda);

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Montreal, Quebec, for the defendant, Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

These motions were heard at Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 4, 2002, before Hargrave, Prothonotary, of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, who delivered the following decision on November 14, 2002.