Anita Chatterjee

The appellant, the Corporation of the City of Kawartha Lakes, appealed a correcting decision made by a referee regarding appeals from the Ontario Drainage Tribunal.

The appellant sought to have the correcting decision set aside and the original decision confirmed.

The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding that there was sufficient confusion at the time of the hearing to justify the correcting decision.

The court held that issues regarding the appropriateness, timeliness, and jurisdiction of the respondents' motion under section 47 of the Drainage Act were matters for the referee to determine.

The appellants appealed a wrongful dismissal judgment.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that an employee manual could not eliminate the respondent's entitlement to reasonable notice for the 10 years of employment preceding its introduction.

The Court also upheld the trial judge's objective assessment of repudiation and found no palpable and overriding error in the findings of fact regarding mitigation.

The appellant cohabited with the deceased for 18 months before he was killed in a motor vehicle accident.

She sued the driver for damages under s. 61 of the Family Law Act.

The definition of "spouse" in s. 29 of the Act requires three years of cohabitation.

The appellant challenged this definition under s. 15(1) of the Charter, arguing it discriminates against common-law partners who have cohabited for less than three years.

The Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of her claim, finding that cohabiting for less than three years is not an analogous ground of discrimination under s. 15(1) of the Charter, as it is a fluid and transitory status rather than an immutable characteristic.