CITATION: Nguyen v. Lac Tat, 2025 ONSC 5577

DIVISIONAL COURT FILE NO.: 75/25

DATE: 20251002

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE – ONTARIO

DIVISIONAL COURT

RE: Lac Tat, Plaintiff

AND:

John Doe, Van Vu Nguyen, Thus Hong Chau and ING Insurance Company of Canada, also known as INTACT INSURANCE, Defendants/Appellant

BEFORE: D.L. Corbett, Emery and Faieta JJ.

COUNSEL: Lora Castellucci, for the Appellant

Michael P. Rotondo, for Rotondo Law Firm Professional Corporation

HEARD: September 24, 2025

ENDORSEMENT

D.L. corbett (orally):

[1] A Defendant who pays out settlement funds to a Plaintiff in the face of a Solicitor’s Act Charging Order does so at its peril. The appeal is dismissed substantially for the reasons of the motion judge. Costs fixed in the agreed amount of $5,000.00, payable by the Moving Party to the Responding Party solicitors within thirty days.

_____________________________ D.L. Corbett J.

_____________________________ Emery J.

_____________________________ Faieta J.

Released Orally: September 24, 2025

Released in writing: October 2, 2025