Who is Geoffrey Grove?

Geoffrey Grove is an Ontario lawyer with 3 court cases on record from 2014 to 2019.

What courts has Geoffrey Grove appeared in?

Geoffrey Grove has appeared in Superior Court of Justice.

How many cases has Geoffrey Grove handled?

Geoffrey Grove has 3 cases on record from 2014 to 2019.

What judges has Geoffrey Grove appeared before?

Geoffrey Grove has most frequently appeared before Justice Lou Ann M. Pope, Justice Edward P. Belobaba Perell, Justice L. A. Pattillo.

Geoffrey Grove

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Diorite Securities v. Trevali, 2019 ONSC 4225

The applicant sought leave to appeal an arbitration award regarding the calculation of a net profits interest in a mining property.

The respondent argued the arbitration agreement precluded appeals, but the court found no such exclusion.

However, the court dismissed the application for leave to appeal, concluding that the arbitrator's interpretation of the agreement involved questions of mixed fact and law, and the applicant failed to identify any extricable errors of law.

SCJAug 29, 2019

Applicant Counsel

The Trustees of the Labourers’ Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada et al. v. Sino‑Forest Corporation et al., 2015 ONSC 6354

In a securities class action arising from the collapse of a forestry company, the plaintiffs sought approximately $2.6 million in costs following certification and leave motions brought under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992 and the Securities Act.

Several defendants argued that costs should not be awarded because the plaintiffs had already recovered legal expenses through settlements with other defendants and because the claimed costs were excessive.

The court held that the plaintiffs were largely successful but not entirely successful due to an unresolved assignment issue affecting certain class members.

The court also ruled that disbursements could not be recovered again because they had already been indemnified through settlements.

Exercising its discretion, the court ordered a hybrid costs award: part payable immediately and part payable in the cause.

SCJOct 15, 2015

Respondent Counsel

Charose Holdings, LLC v. Edible Arrangements International, Inc., 2014 ONSC 4185

The defendant moved for security for costs under Rule 56.01(1)(a) and (d) of the Rules of Civil Procedure on the basis that the plaintiff corporation was resident outside Ontario and lacked assets within the jurisdiction.

The plaintiff argued that it possessed sufficient assets in Michigan and that reciprocal enforcement legislation would permit enforcement of any costs award there, and also relied on the defendant’s delay in bringing the motion.

The court held that the defendant met the threshold for ordering security because the plaintiff was a non-resident corporation with insufficient Ontario assets and had failed to provide convincing evidence of sufficient exigible assets in Michigan.

While the defendant had delayed bringing the motion for several years, the circumstances justified ordering security only for costs incurred after the motion rather than the full estimated costs of the action.

The plaintiff was ordered to post staged security totalling $35,000.

Applicant Counsel

Edward P. Belobaba Perell