Julie Romita

The applicants sold a residential property to the respondent, who failed to close the transaction after multiple extensions.

The applicants subsequently resold the property in a falling market for a substantially lower price and sought damages for the difference in purchase price and carrying costs.

The court awarded damages of $817,756.08, compensating the applicants for the drop in property value and carrying costs, but excluded claims for real estate commissions not paid on the original transaction and renegotiated interest.

Cindy Cordi and Carlo Cordi separated after over three decades of marriage.

Cindy sought divorce, spousal support, equalization of net family property, and damages for alleged abusive behavior.

She also claimed a beneficial interest in a farmhouse owned by Carlo's father, Vincenzo Cordi, or, alternatively, unjust enrichment for contributions made to it.

The court granted divorce, awarded Cindy spousal support at the high end of the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines range ($3,078 per month indefinitely), and an equalization payment of $5,690.07.

The court imputed income to both parties for support calculations, finding Carlo received undeclared cash and Cindy was intentionally underemployed.

Cindy's claims for damages for intentional infliction of mental suffering, and her claims for a trust or unjust enrichment regarding the farmhouse, were dismissed.

The appellant, 2676547 Ontario Inc., appealed a Master's decision to discharge a certificate of pending litigation (CPL) related to a breach of an agreement of purchase and sale for land.

The Master had found that the appellant failed to make full disclosure during the ex parte CPL application, that the land was not unique, and that the balance of equities favored discharging the CPL, especially given the delay and the respondents' ongoing construction.

The Superior Court, applying a standard of review for appeals from a Master's decision (palpable and overriding error for facts/discretion, correctness for law), found no legal error or palpable and overriding error in the Master's findings regarding credibility, the nature of the property sale, notice to the respondents, construction costs, uniqueness of the property, or the appellant's failure to make full and fair disclosure.

The appeal was dismissed, and costs were awarded to the respondents.