Celso Sakuraba

The plaintiffs brought a summary judgment motion against the defendants for fraud and conversion.

The defendant office manager misappropriated over $1.1 million from the plaintiff's personal bank accounts through e-transfers, cheques, and credit card payments.

The defendant claimed the plaintiff authorized all transactions.

The court found the defendant's evidence entirely lacking in credibility and granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs.

The court awarded compensatory damages for fraud and conversion, punitive damages, and ordered a reference to determine the defendant's husband's liability for knowing receipt of stolen funds.

The Atkinson Housing Co-operative Inc. applied for a declaration that no member occupied a specific three-bedroom townhouse and for a writ of possession.

The respondent, Hector F. Osorio, claimed to be a member entitled to occupy the unit.

The court found no merit in Osorio's claim, determining he had not been a member since 2011 and had formally resigned in 2018.

The Landlord and Tenant Board had previously found Osorio was not a member and ordered his eviction, but that decision was overturned on appeal due to the Board's lack of jurisdiction to evict non-members.

The Superior Court, exercising its jurisdiction under the Co-operative Corporations Act, confirmed Osorio's non-member status and granted the co-op's application for a declaration and writ of possession, finding no exceptional circumstances to deny the writ.

This motion for directions concerned the care and property of incapacitated parents, whose powers of attorney were disputed.

Section 3 counsel for the parents sought directions due to alleged interference by one respondent, Mei Chu Sylvia Hsieh, who was the attorney for care and property.

Despite a prior court order, Mei Chu Sylvia Hsieh allegedly stopped auto-pay for pharmaceuticals, withheld OHIP codes, and took the parents to the bank, leading to frozen accounts.

The court affirmed its jurisdiction under the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992, Rules of Civil Procedure, and its parens patriae authority to protect the parents' best interests.

The court granted the requested order for directions to prevent further interference and ordered disclosure of medical records, emphasizing the need for cooperation among parties.