Joy Chijindu (Self-represented)

This addendum was issued by the Court of Appeal for Ontario to clarify the total outstanding costs owed by the responding parties to the moving parties, Harsha Rathod and Bluekat Capital Corp. It consolidates costs orders from previous decisions by Roberts J.A. and a three-judge panel, specifying the combined amounts due to each moving party.

This motion was brought by the moving parties seeking to dismiss the responding parties' appeal due to unpaid costs orders, or alternatively, to compel payment of these orders by a deadline, or to require further security for costs.

The court, presided over by a single judge, determined it lacked jurisdiction to dismiss the appeal.

However, it ordered the responding parties to pay the outstanding costs orders by August 28, 2024, clarifying that costs orders are generally payable within 30 days even if no specific deadline is stated.

The appeal is scheduled to be heard on September 24, 2024, regardless of any further motion to dismiss.

The plaintiff and a defendant mortgagee brought a motion for summary judgment and distribution of sale proceeds paid into court following the sale of two properties by power of sale.

The court found that the defendant owners had engaged in fraudulent conduct, including registering sham mortgages and fraudulently discharging a valid mortgage, to defeat creditors.

The court granted summary judgment, reinstated the fraudulently discharged mortgage, and ordered the distribution of the sale proceeds to the valid mortgagees, including their legal costs on a complete indemnity basis.