Court File and Parties
COURT FILE NO.: CV-20-635391 DATE: 20200318 ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
B E T W E E N:
Eva Oppong, Applicant
– and –
Desoro Holdings Inc., Respondent
BEFORE: F.L. Myers J.
COUNSEL: Reshma Kishnani, for the Applicant Karanpaul Randhawa, for the Respondent
READ: March 18, 2020
Endorsement
1On February 27, 2020, in CPC, I scheduled this matter for an urgent hearing on March 19, 2020. The applicant is a commercial tenant and seeks relief from the forfeiture of the lease to her hair salon by the respondent landlord. The applicant is currently dispossessed. The hearing is therefore urgent within the meaning of the Notice to the Profession released by the Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice dated March 15, 2020.
2As delegate of the RSJ, I have designated Justice J. Kimmel to hear this urgent application hearing on March 19, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. E.D.T.
3Materials have already been exchanged and filed electronically. If necessary, service of any further materials for this application may be made by email and shall be deemed effective on the date the email is sent or, if sent after 4:00 p.m., on the next day. No acknowledgement of receipt for email service is required for this motion.
4All evidence, motion records, and factums shall be filed with the court by delivering them as attachments to an email to the other parties and the Motions Coordinator in searchable PDF format. No Books of Authority or statutory materials are to be sent to the other parties or the Motions Coordinator. References to case law or statutory material shall be made by hyperlinks to contained in the parties’ factums or in a separate list of authorities.
5The hearing will be held by telephone conference call on a line arranged by the Motions Coordinator. The parties and the presiding judge may use videoconference technology (whether Skype or Microsoft Teams or otherwise) as may be available to them all and acceptable to the presiding judge.
6Upon the courthouse reopening to the public, each party shall file with the Civil Motions Office a copy of all the material he, she, or it delivered electronically for this motion, with proof of service, and pay the appropriate fees therefor.
7This endorsement is effective when made. No formal order is required.
8All parties are given notice that:
a. The presiding judge may convene one or more case conferences and make all orders as he or she deems appropriate under Rule 53.10(6) to ensure the efficient hearing of the urgent application that is the subject of this endorsement; and
b. The outcome of the application whether conveyed in typed or handwritten format is an order of the court enforceable by law on the day it is made regardless of whether a formal order is signed or entered with the court;
c. All of the provisions of this order may be varied by the presiding judge on such terms and he or she deems appropriate; and
d. The hearing may be recorded for the court’s purposes.
F.L. Myers J.
Date: March 18, 2020