Global InformationSouthcott Estates Inc v Toronto Catholic District School Board information
| Southcott Estates Inc v Toronto Catholic District School Board | |
|---|---|
 Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Hearing: 2012-03-20 Judgment: 2012-10-17 | |
| Citations | 2012 SCC 51, [2012] 2 SCR 675 |
| Docket No. | 33778 [1] |
| Prior history | APPEAL and CROSS‑APPEAL from Southcott Estates Inc. v. Toronto Catholic School Board, 2010 ONCA 310, 104 OR (3d) 784 (3 May 2010), setting aside Southcott Estates Inc. v. Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2009 CanLII 3567, 78 R.P.R. (4th) 285 (30 January 2009), Superior Court of Justice (Ontario, Canada) |
| Ruling | Appeal and cross‑appeal dismissed |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices: Louis LeBel, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish, Rosalie Abella, Marshall Rothstein, Thomas Cromwell, Michael Moldaver, Andromache Karakatsanis | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Karakatsanis J, joined by LeBel, Deschamps, Abella, Rothstein, and Cromwell JJ |
| Dissent | McLachlin CJ |
| Fish and Rothstein JJ took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Southcott Estates Inc v Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2012 SCC 51, [2012] 2 SCR 675, is a landmark case of the Supreme Court of Canada in the area of commercial law, with significant impact in the areas of:
- specific performance in the context of commercial land transactions (together with the related duty of mitigation), and
- piercing the corporate veil for single purpose subsidiaries
- ^ SCC Case Information - Docket 33778 Supreme Court of Canada