Ontario Summary Judgment – Civil and Family is the first resource to prepare you for seeking summary disposition in the wake of significant new changes that have widened access to summary judgment in Ontario.

Get clear direction from a long-time litigator on developing and strategizing your case with:

• Detailed discussion of the changes to Rule 20 of the Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure and to Rule 16 of the Family Law Rules
• Annotations and practical advice that illuminate findings of fact and recent rulings
• Challenges in seeking summary judgment motions under the new rules

New in this edition:

• Every chapter has been updated with commentary and cases
• Recent cases include:
  • TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman 2019 SCC 19
  • Drummond v. Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, 2019 ONCA 447
  • Royal Bank of Canada v. Sanders, 2018 ONCA 165, leave to appeal dismissed 2019 S.C.C.A. No. 38148
  • Extreme Venture Partners Fund LLP v. Varma 2019 ONCA 446
  • Plate v. Atlas Copco Canada Inc. 2019 ONCA 196
  • Singh v. RBC Insurance Agency Ltd., 2020 ONSC 182
  • Trefler v. Elias, 2020 ONSC 582
  • 1062484 Ontario Inc. v. Williams McEnery, 2020 ONSC 825
  • Perrin v. Barkov, 2020 ONSC 1091
  • The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa-Carleton v. V.M., 2020 ONSC 221
  • Singh v. Reddy, 2019 BCCA 79