E.F. Then

The appellant pleaded guilty to fraud-related offences after defrauding his employer of over $70,000 to finance gambling and stock market activities.

He was sentenced to four months' incarceration, two years' probation, and ordered to make full restitution.

He appealed the sentence, arguing the trial judge failed to give adequate reasons for denying a conditional sentence.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding the trial judge adequately explained the decision, properly weighed the aggravating and mitigating factors, and correctly prioritized denunciation and general deterrence for a breach of trust fraud.

The appellant wife appealed an order denying an adjournment of a motion to have funds held in court stand as security for future spousal support payments.

The respondent husband was legally entitled to the funds and was not in default of his monthly support payments.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the wife's claim of a lack of a meaningful remedy was speculative and that the motion judge did not err in using an injunction-like analysis to deny the adjournment, as granting it would have effectively stayed the payment out of court.

The appellant, a former law student, sued three classmates, the Dean of Law, and the University of Ottawa for defamation, slander, and negligence arising from allegations of sexual harassment.

The trial judge dismissed the action.

On appeal, the appellant argued that the trial judge's reasons demonstrated a reasonable apprehension of bias based on a perceived stereotype that the appellant suffered from a mental illness.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the trial judge's comments were descriptors of the appellant's conduct and that the appellant had put his own mental health in issue.

The trial judge's adverse credibility findings were amply supported by the evidence.