Who is Richard Miller?

Richard Miller is an Ontario lawyer with 3 court cases on record from 2016 to 2017.

What courts has Richard Miller appeared in?

Richard Miller has appeared in Superior Court of Justice.

How many cases has Richard Miller handled?

Richard Miller has 3 cases on record from 2016 to 2017.

What judges has Richard Miller appeared before?

Richard Miller has most frequently appeared before Justice Perell, Justice Catrina D. Braid.

Richard Miller

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Umlauf v Halton Healthcare Services et al., 2017 ONSC 4240

The plaintiff, Jennifer Umlauf, sued two hospitals and two government agencies (Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, treated as the Crown) for various claims including negligence, funding mismanagement, and Charter breaches, arising from her employment and psychiatric admissions.

The government agencies moved to strike the claim against them.

The court found that the Crown and LHIN did not owe a private law duty of care to the plaintiff, their funding decisions were protected by statutory immunity, and the Charter claims lacked a reasonable prospect of success.

The claim against the Crown was also a nullity due to lack of proper notice.

The motion to strike was granted, and the action against the moving defendants was dismissed.

SCJJul 10, 2017

Applicant Counsel

J.K. v. Ontario, 2017 ONSC 971

Following a successful motion by the third party NGOs to strike the Crown's third party claims in a proposed class action regarding youth detention centres, the NGOs sought costs of $47,695.45 on a partial indemnity basis.

The Crown argued the amount was excessive and suggested $16,500, contending that the NGOs were only successful due to late amendments to the plaintiff's pleadings.

The court rejected the Crown's argument, finding the NGOs were entitled to costs for work both before and after the amendments, but reduced the claimed amount to $35,000 all inclusive as being within the reasonable expectations of the unsuccessful party.

SCJFeb 9, 2017

Respondent Counsel

J.K. v. Ontario, 2016 ONSC 8047

In a proposed class action regarding youth detention centres, the plaintiff sued the Crown for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and Charter violations, explicitly limiting the claim to the Crown's several liability.

The Crown issued third party claims against the NGOs that operated some of the centres.

The plaintiff and the NGOs moved to strike the third party claims.

The court granted the motions, applying the principle that where a plaintiff limits their claim to the defendant's proportionate degree of fault, a third party claim for contribution and indemnity is legally untenable.

Respondent Counsel