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ADVANCED CIVIL PROCEDURE CASES AND MATERIALS VOLUME II John W. Morden FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 1999 BORA LASKIN LAW LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ADVANCED CIVIL PROCEDURE CASES AND MATERIALS VOLUME II John W. Morden FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 1999 ADVANCED CIVIL PROCEDURE VOLUME II TABLE OF CONTENTS TRIALS 1. INTRODUCTION.1 [Overview of pre-trial and trial processes: class discussion. See, generally. Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 108 and the Rules of Civil Procedure (Ont.), Rules 24.1, 46-53 and 77.] Burden of Proof Sopinka, Houston and Sopinka, The Trial of an Action, 2nd ed. (1998) at pp. 49-51. The Law of Evidence Friedenthal, Kane and Miller, Civil Procedure, 2nd ed. (1993) at pp. 466-472 2. THE MODE OF TRIAL - JUDGE OR JURY a) Historical The origin of the jury system. Devlin, Trial by Jury (1956) at pp. 5-14 Civil Cases - Use of the Jury. Cornish, The Jury (1968) at pp. 74-76, 210 and 227-28 Abolition of Juries in Civil Cases: Report of Royal Commission - Inquiry into Civil Rights (1968) Vol. 2, at pp. 859-60. b) Respective Functions of Judge and Jury Friedenthal et al., op cit., at pp. 477-482 iii c) What Actions may be Tried by a Jury? Courts of Justice Act, s. 108 Proceedings Against the Crown Act, s. 11 Public Transportation Highway Improvement Act, s. 33(9) Toronto Star Ltd. v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1975), 11 O.R. (2d) 289 (H.C.) d) In What Cases Should Trial by Jury be Selected? Sopinka et al., op. cit., at pp. 6-10 Cound, Friedenthal and Miller, Civil Procedure - Cases and Materials, 2nd ed. (1974) at pp. 781-783 e) Picking a Jury Sopinka et al., op. cit., at pp. 32-34 f) Procedure for Selecting a Jury Trial and for Striking out Jury Notice before Trial. Rule 47 Constitution Insurance Co. of Canada v. Coombe (1992), 14 C.P.C. (3d) 322 (Ont. Gen. Div.) Gracey v. Thomson Newspaper Corp. (1991), 4 O.R. (3d) 180 (Gen. Div.) Borland v. Apollo Leasing (1981), 33 O.R. (2d) 183 (Div. Ct.), rev'd (1981), 36 O.R. (2d) 16n C.A. Iona v. Rooney (1987), 25 C.P.C. (2d) 174 (Ont. H.C.) Nardo v. Fluet (1993), 13 O.R. (3d) 220 (Gen. Div.) Soldwisch v. Toronto Western Hospital (1983), 43 O.R. (2d) 449 (Div. Ct.) Strojny v. Chan (1988), 26 C.P.C. (2d) 38 (Ont. H.C.) Martin v. Deutch, [1943] O.R. 638 (C.A.) 3. CONTROL OF THE JURY AT THE TRIAL LEVEL a) Dispensing with the Jury Ryan v. Whitton, [1964] 1 O.R. Ill (C.A.) Yachuk v. The Oliver Blais Company Limited et al., [1944] O.W.N. 412 (H.Ct.) Cosfordv. Cornwall (1992), 9 O.R. (3d) 37 (C.A.) Hellenius v. Lees, [1971] 1 O.R. 273 (C.A.) Hamstra (Guardian ad Litem of v. British Columbia Rugby Union (1997), 145 D.L.R. (4th) 193 (S.C.C.) Headnote only. IV b) Non Suit McKenzie v. Bergin, [1937] O.W.N. 200 (C.A.) McCaskill v. Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited (1955), 17 W.W.R. 239 (B.C.S.C.) Ont. Motor Sales Ltd. v. Steeves, [1959] O.W.N. 205 (C.A.) McCarroll v. Arwell, [1955] 4 D.L.R. 631 (Ont. C.A.) 631 Hunt v. MacLeod Construction Co. Ltd. (1958), 15 D.L.R. (2d) 529 (S.C.C.) Everett v. Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council (1990), 39 C.P.C. (2d) 120 (Man. C.A.) Bank of Montreal v. Horan (1986), 54 O.R. (2d) 757 (H. Ct.) Payne v. Harrison, [1961] 2 Q.B. 403 (C.A.) c) The Jury’s Verdict and the Judgment Rules 52.08 and 52.09 Stirling v. Davis et al., [1950] O.W.N. 770 (C.A.) Boutilier v. Traders General Insurance (1968), 1 D.L.R. (3d) 379 (N.S.S.C.) Gobbo v. Rockingham Hardware Ltd. (1971), 24 D.L.R. (3d) 355 (N.S.S.C., A.D.) Terkuc v. Herd, [1958] O.R. 37 (C.A.), rev'd [1960] S.C.R. 602 Cameron v. Excelsior Life Insurance Co. (1981), 19 C.P.C. 101 (S.C.C.) Baboiv. Gregory (1986), 56 O.R. (2d) 175 (Dist. Ct.) Sharpe v. Kim (1987), 67 Sask. 81 (Q.B.) Loffrediv. Simonetti (1988), 29 C.P.C. (2d) 10 (Dist. Ct.) R.E. Megarry Q.C., Miscellany-at-Law (1955) at pp. 157-58 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (U.S.), Rule 50 4. THE COURSE OF THE TRIAL (a) Rules 52. 53 and 1.08 (b) The Role of Counsel; Professional Responsibility Sopinka et al., op. cit., at pp. 73-113; 124-129 The Rules of Professional Conduct, L.S.U.C., Rule 5 and Notes and Rule 10 and Notes v (c) Presenting Evidence at Trial - Devices to Facilitate or Supplant Testimony (i) Formal Admissions Rule 51 (ii) Judicial Notice Sopinka et al., op. cit., pp. 53-54 (iii) Presumptions Sopinka et al., op. cit., pp. 54-56 (iv) Inspection and Taking a View Rule 52.05 Chambers v. Murphy, [1953] O.W.N. 399 (C.A.) Myers v. Government of Manitoba (1960), 26 D.L.R. (2d) 550 (Man. C.A.) (v) Court-Appointed Experts Rule 52.03 Phillips v. Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd., [1971] 2 O.R. 637 (C.A.) (vi) Medical Reports Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.23 s.50 Ferraro v. Lee (1974), 2 O.R. (2d) 417 (C.A.) (vii) Examination for Discovery Rule 31.11 (viii) Orders for Examinations Before Trial Rule 36 (ix) Letters of Request Sopinka et al., op. cit., at pp. 68-70 (x) Affidavits Rule 53.02 (xi) Evidence Given at Previous Proceedings Sopinka et al., op. cit., at p. 71 Split Trial Elcano Acceptance Ltd. v. Richmond Richmond Stambler & Mills (1986), 55 O.R. (2d) 56 (C.A.) Duffy v. Gillespie (1997), 36 O.R. (3d) 443 (Div. Ct.) R.S.C. Ord. 33, rule 4(2)(2A) Failure to Testify Mudrazio v. Holjevac, [1970] 1 O.R. 275 (H. Ct.) Gibb v. Ellis (1959), 17 D.L.R. (2d) 262 (B.C.S.C.) Reply Evidence Allcock Laight & Westwood Ltd. v. Patten et al., [1967] 1 O.R. 18 (C.A.) vi «r (d) The Conduct of the Trial Judge In re Enoch, [1910] 1 K.B. 327 (C.A.) Fowler v. Fowler, [1949] O.W.N. 244 (C.A.) Regina v. Cook (1997), 146 D.L.R. (4th) 437 (S.C.C.) Boran v. Wenger, [1942] 2 D.L.R. 528 (Ont. C.A.) Briscoe v. Briscoe, [1968] P.501 (Div. Ct.) Felker v. Felker, [1946] O.W.N. 368 (C.A.) Majcenicv. Natale, [1968] 1 O.R. 189 (C.A.) R. v. Pallett, [1970] 3 C.C.C. 430 (Ont. C.A.) Bell v. Smith, [1968] S.C.R. 664 Sorger v. Bank of Nova Scotia (1998), 39 O.R. (3d) 1 (C.A.) (e) The Case Goes to the Jury Rule 52.07 Gellie v. Naylor (1986), 55 O.R. (2d) 400 (C.A.) Haines, “Criminal and Civil Jury Charges” (1968), 46 Can. Bar Rev. 48 at 85-95 Sopinka et al., op. cit., Appendices 16, 17 and 18 Gage v. Reid (1917), 38 O.L.R. 514 (App. Div.) Henderson v. Mather, [1955] O.W.N. 45 (C.A.) Kennedy v. Mandarin Enterprises Ltd. (1993), 84 B.C.L.R. 335 (C.A.) Segretti v. City of Toronto (1981), 20 C.P.C. 110 (Ont. H. Ct.) Courts of Justice Act, s. 118 (f) When is the Trial Over? Functus Officio Widrigv. Strazer, [1964] S.C.R. 376 Vll Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/advancedcivilpro02mord_3