Vivekanandan v. Terzian

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeHoy A.C.J.O., van Rensburg and Roberts JJ.A.
Citation2020 ONCA 110
Date12 February 2020
Docket NumberC65686

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9 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 4, 2022 ' April 8, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 11, 2022
    ...General), 2005 SCC 25, Whitby (Town) v. G & G 878996 LM Ltd., 2020 ONCA 654, Kaiman v. Graham, 2009 ONCA 77, Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110, Sipsas v. 1299781 Ontario Inc., 2017 ONCA 265, Teis v. Ancaster (Town) (1997), 35 O.R. (3d) 216 (C.A.), Brienza v. Brienza, 2014 ONSC 6942 Val......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 15, 2023 ' May 19, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 30, 2023
    ...O.R. (2d) 665, Creeggan v. Fijalkowski, 1990 CarswellOnt 5116 (Ont. Dist. Ct,), L.M.U. v. R.L.U., 2004 BCSC 95, Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110, Caldwell v. Elia (2000), 30 R.P.R. (3d) 295 (Ont. C.A.), Ogden Entertainment Services v. United Steelworkers of America, Local 440 (1998), ......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 10 – February 14, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 8, 2020
    ...Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 30, Sch. C., s. 9, 36(3), O. Reg. 567/05, s. 23(1)(a) Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110 Keywords: Real Property, Adverse Possession, Prescriptive Easements, Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5, s. 51(1), Depew v. Wilkes (2002),......
  • Hydro One Networks Inc. v Shiner
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • May 15, 2023
    ...was not relevant to the declaration request as necessity is not a requirement for a prescriptive easement: Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110, 443 D.L.R. (4th) 678, at para. 14; Caldwell v. Elia (2000), 30 R.P.R. (3d) 295 (Ont. C.A.), at para. Result 58 I would allow the appeal, and gra......
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6 cases
  • Hydro One Networks Inc. v Shiner
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • May 15, 2023
    ...was not relevant to the declaration request as necessity is not a requirement for a prescriptive easement: Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110, 443 D.L.R. (4th) 678, at para. 14; Caldwell v. Elia (2000), 30 R.P.R. (3d) 295 (Ont. C.A.), at para. Result 58 I would allow the appeal, and gra......
  • Billimoria v. Mistry
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 24, 2021
    ...the true owner from possession, and (3) effectively excluded the true owner from possession. [68] See also: Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110 at para. 21; Post Estate (Trustee of) v. Hamilton, 2015 ONSC 5252 at para. 9. [69] The requirement of “actual possession” means that the plainti......
  • Billimoria v. Mistry
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • April 6, 2022
    ...true owner from possession, and effective exclusion of the true owner for the entire ten-year statutory period: Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110, 443 D.L.R. (4th) 678, at para. 21. [28]       However, land that is registered in Land Titles cannot be obtai......
  • Dickinson v Hirsch Garcia
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 6, 2025
    ...on the laneway continuously, uninterruptedly, openly and peacefully for at least 20 years prior to August 1996: Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110 at para 9, Pagliaro v. 1823360 Ontario Inc., 2023 ONSC 3253 at para 4. [61] As noted in English v. Perras, supra, at para 30, the courts hav......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 4, 2022 ' April 8, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 11, 2022
    ...General), 2005 SCC 25, Whitby (Town) v. G & G 878996 LM Ltd., 2020 ONCA 654, Kaiman v. Graham, 2009 ONCA 77, Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110, Sipsas v. 1299781 Ontario Inc., 2017 ONCA 265, Teis v. Ancaster (Town) (1997), 35 O.R. (3d) 216 (C.A.), Brienza v. Brienza, 2014 ONSC 6942 Val......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 15, 2023 ' May 19, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 30, 2023
    ...O.R. (2d) 665, Creeggan v. Fijalkowski, 1990 CarswellOnt 5116 (Ont. Dist. Ct,), L.M.U. v. R.L.U., 2004 BCSC 95, Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110, Caldwell v. Elia (2000), 30 R.P.R. (3d) 295 (Ont. C.A.), Ogden Entertainment Services v. United Steelworkers of America, Local 440 (1998), ......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 10 – February 14, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 8, 2020
    ...Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 30, Sch. C., s. 9, 36(3), O. Reg. 567/05, s. 23(1)(a) Vivekanandan v. Terzian, 2020 ONCA 110 Keywords: Real Property, Adverse Possession, Prescriptive Easements, Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5, s. 51(1), Depew v. Wilkes (2002),......