Michael Hunter

The appellant father appealed a motion judge's decision dismissing his request to retroactively terminate child support for his adult son and order repayment of $8,533.

The motion judge found the son remained entitled to support due to intellectual issues, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, which impeded his ability to become self-supporting.

The Divisional Court found no palpable and overriding error in the motion judge's assessment of the evidence and dismissed the appeal.

The applicants brought an application seeking a declaration of a 25% equitable ownership interest in a property based on an alleged oral agreement.

The respondents denied the agreement.

At the hearing, the parties jointly requested an adjournment to conduct cross-examinations on affidavits.

The court questioned whether the matter should proceed by application given the fundamental factual dispute, but allowed it to continue as an application on consent, noting it is functionally similar to a summary judgment motion and the hearing judge will ultimately determine if the record is sufficient to resolve the dispute.

Two unions applied under section 11 of the Labour Relations Act for directions allowing their representatives access to the respondent's remote bush camps to organize employees.

The incumbent union, which already represented the employees, was permitted to intervene.

The Board held that the only criteria for an access order under section 11 are that employees reside on property owned or controlled by the employer.

The Board rejected arguments that access should only be granted if there are no other reasonable means of communication, or that a more stringent test applies when employees are already represented by another union.

Finding the statutory criteria met, the Board directed the employer to allow access subject to specific conditions to prevent disruption.