DATE: 20041209

DOCKET: C41697

COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO

RE:

MINOR OAKS HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC. (Applicant/ Appellant) -and- ONTARIO MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC., ONTARIO HOCKEY FEDERATION and GREATER TORONTO HOCKEY LEAGUE (Respondents/Respondents in Appeal)

BEFORE:

CATZMAN, GILLESE and LANG JJ.A.

COUNSEL:

Charlie Chang

for the appellant

Richard M. Horst

for the respondent Ontario Minor Hockey Association Inc.

Craig Vander Zee for the respondent Ontario Hockey Federation

HEARD AND ENDORSED:

December 9, 2004

On appeal from the judgment of Justice John Ross Belleghem of the Superior Court of Justice dated March 26, 2004.

A P P E A L B O O K E N D O R S E M E N T

[1] We agree with the decision of Belleghem J. and with the reasons he gave for reaching that decision. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed with costs to the respondent Ontario Hockey Federation fixed in the amount of $7,500 and to the respondent Ontario Minor Hockey Association Inc. fixed in the amount of $1,000. Both sums are inclusive of disbursements and G.S.T.