Faulding (Canada) Inc. v. Pharmacia S.P.A., docket A-446-98

Date: 19990922

Docket: A-446-98

    

CORAM:      DÉCARY J.A.

         MacKAY J.A.

         McDONALD J.A.

BETWEEN:

     PHARMACIA S.P.A.

Appellant

(Defendant)

     - and-

FAULDING (CANADA) INC.

Respondent

(Plaintiff)

     Heard at Toronto, Ontario, Wednesday, September 22, 1999

     Judgment delivered orally from the Bench

     at Toronto, Ontario on Wednesday, September 22, 1999

                                                

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:      McDONALD J.A.

Date: 19990922

Docket: A-446-98

CORAM:      DÉCARY J.A.

         MacKAY J.

         McDONALD J.A.

BETWEEN:

     PHARMACIA S.P.A.

Appellant

(Defendant)

     - and-

FAULDING (CANADA) INC.

Respondent

(Plaintiff)

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

     (Delivered orally from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario on

     Wednesday, September 22, 1999)

McDONALD J.A.:

[1]      We are all in agreement that this appeal cannot succeed. We find ourselves in substantial agreement with many of the reasons given by the learned trial Judge when she struck out the counterclaim which the appellant sought to add to its statement of defence.

[2]      The trial Judge identified seven different specific reasons why the counterclaim could not be allowed, some of which, in our view, could be sufficient to deny the application.                             

[3]      We cannot identify any reviewable error which would warrant our interference.

[4]      The appeal should be dismissed with costs to the respondent.

                                 "F.J. McDonald"

     J.A.

              FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

     Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record

DOCKET:                      A-446-98

STYLE OF CAUSE:                  PHARMACIA S.P.A.

Appellant

                                         (Defendant)

                         - and -

FAULDING (CANADA) INC.

Respondent

                                         (Plaintiff)

DATE OF HEARING:              WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999

PLACE OF HEARING:              TORONTO, ONTARIO

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:          McDONALD J.A.

Delivered at Toronto, Ontario

on Wednesday, September 22, 1999

APPEARANCES:                  Mr. Gunars Gaikis

For the Appellant

                                    

                         Ms. Susan Beaubien

                                 For the Respondent

                            

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:          Smart & Biggar

                         Barristers & Solicitors

                         438 University Avenue

                         Suite 1500, Box 111

                         Toronto, Ontario

                         M5G 2K8

For the Appellant

                         Shapiro Cohen

                         Barristers & Solicitors

                         112 Kent Street, Suite 2001

                         Ottawa, Ontario

                         K1P 6P2

                                 For the Respondent

                         FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

Date: 19990922

Docket: A-446-98

                         BETWEEN:

PHARMACIA S.P.A.

     Appellant

     (Defendant)

                         - and -

                         FAULDING (CANADA) INC.

         Respondent

     (Plaintiff)

    

    

                        

                         REASONS FOR JUDGMENT