Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2018 ONCA 517
Jurisdiction | Ontario |
Judge | Laskin, MacPherson and Fairburn JJ.A. |
Citation | 2018 ONCA 517 |
Docket Number | C64026 |
Court | Court of Appeal (Ontario) |
Date | 11 June 2018 |
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33 practice notes
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Mosten Investments LP v The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (Manulife Financial),,
...Homes at para 69); (d) failed to give effect to important words in the contract (Thunder Bay (City) v Canadian National Railway Company, 2018 ONCA 517 at paras 46 and 60, 424 DLR (4th) 588, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 2019 CanLII 23877 [Thunder Bay (City)]; Jesan Real Estate Ltd. v Doyl......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 25 - 29, 2022)
...Pacific Ltd. (1978), 95 D.L.R. (3d) 242, (B.C.C.A.), aff'd, [1979] 2 S.C.R. 668, Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Co., 2018 ONCA 517, Geoff R. Hall, Canadian Contractual Interpretation Law, 4th ed. (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2020) Martin v. 11037315 Canada Inc., 2022 ONCA 322 Keyw......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 26-30)
...Gaming Corporation (Fort Erie Race Track), 2010 ONCA 101, Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Co., 2017 ONSC 3560, rev'd 2018 ONCA 517, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 633, M.J.B. Enterprises Ltd. v. Defence Construction (1951) Ltd., [199......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 3-7, 2021)
...(1997), 143 DLR (4th) 647 (Ont CA), Amberber v. IBM Canada Ltd., 2018 ONCA 571, Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2018 ONCA 517, G.M. Pace Enterprises Inc. v. Tsai, 2003 BCSC 1336, Lurcott v. Wakely, [1911] 1 KB 905 (CA (Eng)), Ravenseft Properties Ltd. v. Davstone (H......
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27 cases
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Mosten Investments LP v The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (Manulife Financial),,
...Homes at para 69); (d) failed to give effect to important words in the contract (Thunder Bay (City) v Canadian National Railway Company, 2018 ONCA 517 at paras 46 and 60, 424 DLR (4th) 588, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 2019 CanLII 23877 [Thunder Bay (City)]; Jesan Real Estate Ltd. v Doyl......
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company v. Canada,
...matters because words rarely have meaning apart from their context” (Thunder Bay (City) v Canadian National Railway Company, 2018 ONCA 517 at para 30, leave to appeal to SCC ref’d, 2019 CarswellOnt 4696 (WL Can) [Thunder Bay]). The surrounding circumstances cannot, however, ov......
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2024 ONCA 675,
...that, in hindsight, appear improvident or inconvenient: Atos, at paras. 60-61; Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2018 ONCA 517, 424 D.L.R. (4th) 588, at para. 52, leave to appeal refused, [2018] S.C.C.A. No. 358; Jardine v. General Hydrogen Corp., 2007 BCSC 119, 68 B.......
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SS&C Technologies Canada Corporation v The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation,
...that, in hindsight, appear improvident or inconvenient: Atos, at paras. 60-61; Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2018 ONCA 517, 424 D.L.R. (4th) 588, at para. 52, leave to appeal refused, [2018] S.C.C.A. No. 358; Jardine v. General Hydrogen Corp., 2007 BCSC 119, 68 B.......
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6 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 25 - 29, 2022)
...Pacific Ltd. (1978), 95 D.L.R. (3d) 242, (B.C.C.A.), aff'd, [1979] 2 S.C.R. 668, Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Co., 2018 ONCA 517, Geoff R. Hall, Canadian Contractual Interpretation Law, 4th ed. (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2020) Martin v. 11037315 Canada Inc., 2022 ONCA 322 Keyw......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 26-30)
...Gaming Corporation (Fort Erie Race Track), 2010 ONCA 101, Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Co., 2017 ONSC 3560, rev'd 2018 ONCA 517, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 633, M.J.B. Enterprises Ltd. v. Defence Construction (1951) Ltd., [199......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 3-7, 2021)
...(1997), 143 DLR (4th) 647 (Ont CA), Amberber v. IBM Canada Ltd., 2018 ONCA 571, Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2018 ONCA 517, G.M. Pace Enterprises Inc. v. Tsai, 2003 BCSC 1336, Lurcott v. Wakely, [1911] 1 KB 905 (CA (Eng)), Ravenseft Properties Ltd. v. Davstone (H......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 9 ' November 13, 2020)
...v. Sattva Capital Corp., 2014 SCC 53, Fuller v. Aphria Inc., 2020 ONCA 403, Thunder Bay (City) v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2018 ONCA 517, leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused, 38247, Ju v. Tahmasebi, 2020 ONCA 383, Azzarello v. Shawqi, 2019 ONCA 820, Stockloser v. Johnson, [1954] 1 Q......
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