Diana Solomon

The applicant husband initiated parallel divorce proceedings in Tennessee, prompting the respondent wife to seek an anti-suit injunction and enforcement of prior Ontario arbitration awards.

The court found the Ontario arbitration awards valid and enforceable, rejecting the applicant's arguments to set them aside based on statutory provisions or alleged lack of consent.

The court also granted the anti-suit injunction, determining Ontario remained the appropriate forum with the closest connection to the divorce application and parties, and that no injustice would result from preventing the Tennessee action.

The appellant law firm appealed to obtain a charging order over certain assets belonging to its former client, the respondent, for unpaid legal fees.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the law firm's services were not instrumental in obtaining the funds ultimately recovered.

Furthermore, there was no evidence that the respondent could not or would not pay the account, as she had undertaken to pay the assessment award within thirty days.

The appellant husband appealed a trial judgment awarding the respondent wife $2,500 monthly in indeterminate compensatory spousal support, $35,000 in retroactive support, and child support based on a three-year income average.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the wife suffered permanent economic disadvantage by postponing her education to support the husband's university studies early in the marriage.

The Court held that the wife's current income did not negate her entitlement to long-term compensatory support to reflect the parties' former joint standard of living.