Country Park Village Properties (Mainland) Ltd. v. Aird, 2004 FCA 269

Date: 20040726

Docket: A-254-04

Citation: 2004 FCA 269

PRESENT:      NOËL J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                 COUNTRY PARK VILLAGE PROPERTIES (MAINLAND) LTD.

                                                                                                                                                                                               Appellant

                                                                                                     and

TED AIRD, VIVIEN AIRD, GLENN ALSIP, SHIRLEY ALSIP, SHIRLEY BEATTIE, AL BOSSERT, ROGER BOYCE, PAT BOYCE, JIM COLLINS, OLIVE COLLINS, REG COOPER, PAT COOPER, BILL DAVIES, JESSIE DAVIES, ED DAVIES, ELANIE DAVIES, TONY DAVIS, JACKIE DAVIS, WILLARD EDWARDS, ETHNA EDWARDS, PATRICIA ELLIOT, ARCHIBALD ELLIS, KURT FENGLER, ANNA FENGLER, LARRY FENGLER, RENATE FENGLER, TOM GLANCY, SHIRLEY GLANCY, JOE GRZYB, DORLES GRYZB, JOHN GUILIANA, BRITT GUILIANA, ED HOLMES, ETHEL HOLMES, HELEN HOLZWORTH, HERB HOLZWORTH, SOPHIE HONCH, KATHY HRISHUK, MIKE HRISHUK, PETER JOHNER, HELEN JOHNER, ERNIE KAHLER, HILDA KAHLER, RON BACON, Executor of the Estate of JOSEPH KOVACS, GERRY McCARTHY, MARILYN McCARTHY, RON McCOMB, ROSE McCOMB, PETER MEISTER, INGRID MEISTER, WAYNE MITCHEL, TRUDIE MITCHEL, DIANE MOORE, JOHN MOORE, JOHN MORSE, CATHERINE MORSE, ROY NEFF, DAISY NEFF, JOAN OLLIFFE, JOHN OSTENDORF, NELLIE OSTENDORF, NORMAN PARKER, ROXIE PARKER, KEN PATTERSON, JEFFREY PUNSHON, DOREEN PUNSHON, ELAINE EBY, DOROTHY REID, ED ROGOZINSKY, DELORES ROGOZINSKY, DEREK ROLPH, BETTE ROLPH, DAVID SCHELLENBERG, JOHN SNIJDERS, JANNIE SNIJDERS, RUDY SNIJDERS, JOHN SONNEVELDT, WILLIE SONNEVELDT, TOM SPANN, IRMA SPANN, HARLYN SPROULE, FAYE SPRQULE, HENRY STRYD, ADRIANA STRYD, STAN TURNER, HAL WESTON, DOLORES WESTON, DON WHITTAKER, MARYANN WHITTAKER, CATHERINE KNUDSEN, HOWARD KNUDSEN, MARGARET MAKI, LEO MAKI, LORENZ LOHNINGER, HANNELORE LOHNINGER, MARGARET TIBBEN, RALPH CHURCHILL, SANDRA CHURCHILL, JANET REED, CHRIS SEABROOK, MARGARET SEABROOK, FRED HOWSE, PHYLLIS HOWSE, MACE HARRISON, IRENE HARRISON, BUD THOMPSON, MARJORIE THOMPSON, JOHANNA AUBERTIN, GORDON SIDDONS, ROSEMARY SIDDONS, RUSS GRILLS, DIANE GRILLS, BILL MILLER, GERRY MILLER, DEBORAH INNES, ARLEE MISFELDT, JANET MISFELDT, STANLEY BAXTER and GRACE BALES

                                                                                                                                                                                          Respondents

                                        Dealt with in writing without appearance of parties.

                                     Order delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on July 26, 2004.

REASONS FOR ORDER BY:                                                                                            NOËL J.A.

Date: 20040726

Docket: A-254-04

Citation: 2004 FCA 269

PRESENT:      NOËL J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                 COUNTRY PARK VILLAGE PROPERTIES (MAINLAND) LTD.

                                                                                                                                                                                               Appellant

                                                                                                     and

TED AIRD, VIVIEN AIRD, GLENN ALSIP, SHIRLEY ALSIP, SHIRLEY BEATTIE, AL BOSSERT, ROGER BOYCE, PAT BOYCE, JIM COLLINS, OLIVE COLLINS, REG COOPER, PAT COOPER, BILL DAVIES, JESSIE DAVIES, ED DAVIES, ELANIE DAVIES, TONY DAVIS, JACKIE DAVIS, WILLARD EDWARDS, ETHNA EDWARDS, PATRICIA ELLIOT, ARCHIBALD ELLIS, KURT FENGLER, ANNA FENGLER, LARRY FENGLER, RENATE FENGLER, TOM GLANCY, SHIRLEY GLANCY, JOE GRZYB, DORLES GRYZB, JOHN GUILIANA, BRITT GUILIANA, ED HOLMES, ETHEL HOLMES, HELEN HOLZWORTH, HERB HOLZWORTH, SOPHIE HONCH, KATHY HRISHUK, MIKE HRISHUK, PETER JOHNER, HELEN JOHNER, ERNIE KAHLER, HILDA KAHLER, RON BACON, Executor of the Estate of JOSEPH KOVACS, GERRY McCARTHY, MARILYN McCARTHY, RON McCOMB, ROSE McCOMB, PETER MEISTER, INGRID MEISTER, WAYNE MITCHEL, TRUDIE MITCHEL, DIANE MOORE, JOHN MOORE, JOHN MORSE, CATHERINE MORSE, ROY NEFF, DAISY NEFF, JOAN OLLIFFE, JOHN OSTENDORF, NELLIE OSTENDORF, NORMAN PARKER, ROXIE PARKER, KEN PATTERSON, JEFFREY PUNSHON, DOREEN PUNSHON, ELAINE EBY, DOROTHY REID, ED ROGOZINSKY, DELORES ROGOZINSKY, DEREK ROLPH, BETTE ROLPH, DAVID SCHELLENBERG, JOHN SNIJDERS, JANNIE SNIJDERS, RUDY SNIJDERS, JOHN SONNEVELDT, WILLIE SONNEVELDT, TOM SPANN, IRMA SPANN, HARLYN SPROULE, FAYE SPRQULE, HENRY STRYD, ADRIANA STRYD, STAN TURNER, HAL WESTON, DOLORES WESTON, DON WHITTAKER, MARYANN WHITTAKER, CATHERINE KNUDSEN, HOWARD KNUDSEN, MARGARET MAKI, LEO MAKI, LORENZ LOHNINGER, HANNELORE LOHNINGER, MARGARET TIBBEN, RALPH CHURCHILL, SANDRA CHURCHILL, JANET REED, CHRIS SEABROOK, MARGARET SEABROOK, FRED HOWSE, PHYLLIS HOWSE, MACE HARRISON, IRENE HARRISON, BUD THOMPSON, MARJORIE THOMPSON, JOHANNA AUBERTIN, GORDON SIDDONS, ROSEMARY SIDDONS, RUSS GRILLS, DIANE GRILLS, BILL MILLER, GERRY MILLER, DEBORAH INNES, ARLEE MISFELDT, JANET MISFELDT, STANLEY BAXTER and GRACE BALES

                                                                                                                                                                                          Respondents

                                                        REASONS FOR ORDER

NOËL J.A.

[1]                The applicant, Janet Reed, was one of the plaintiffs in the proceeding below in which they prevailed on most issues. An appeal was brought by the defendant, Country Park Village Properties (Mainland) Ltd. (Country Park) and the plaintiffs (respondents in the appeal) opted to file an appearance on the advice of their counsel.

[2]                The applicant now wants to disassociate herself from the action taken by counsel for the plaintiffs. She seeks an authorisation to withdraw from the group which filed the appearance and asks for an extension of time to file a cross-appeal in her own name. In the event that her motion to extend time is unsuccessful, she desires to remain a named respondent.

[3]                Her main contention appears to be that she has become adverse in interest to some of the other plaintiffs as a result of the judgement below.

[4]                As Country Park correctly points out in the submissions filed on its behalf, the fact that the applicant may have become adverse in interest to other plaintiffs is not a ground on which the cross-appeal could succeed. In the Court below, the parties agreed that there existed two types of sub-lease lots and the trial Judge simply proceeded to render judgment on that basis. No error can arise from that.

[5]                The applicant's real complaint appears to be directed at plaintiffs' counsel who, according to her, failed to take the proper step and/or to act in her best interest. These considerations have no bearing on the legal validity of the judgement under appeal.

[6]                The applicant in her written materials has also taken issue with a number of purely factual findings made by the trial Judge. These findings are immune for review in the context of an appeal.

[7]                Aside from any other consideration, I can detect no ground on which the cross-appeal could succeed and therefore no basis for allowing the applicant the requested extension. The application for an extension of time to file a cross-appeal will accordingly be dismissed.

[8]                Country Park is seeking costs. However, having regard to the fact that the applicant brought the motion without the assistance of counsel and that her application, although misguided, was brought with the utmost good faith, no costs are awarded against her.

                    "Marc Noël"                               

J.A.

                                                  FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

                            NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET:                                          A-254-04

STYLE OF CAUSE:                          COUNTRY PARK VILLAGE PROPERTIES (MAINLAND) LTD. and TED AIRD, VIVIEN AIRD, GLENN ALSIP, SHIRLEY ALSIP, SHIRLEY BEATTIE, AL BOSSERT, ROGER BOYCE, PAT BOYCE, JIM COLLINS, OLIVE COLLINS, REG COOPER, PAT COOPER, BILL DAVIES, JESSIE DAVIES, ED DAVIES, ELANIE DAVIES, TONY DAVIS, JACKIE DAVIS, WILLARD EDWARDS, ETHNA EDWARDS, PATRICIA ELLIOT, ARCHIBALD ELLIS, KURT FENGLER, ANNA FENGLER, LARRY FENGLER, RENATE FENGLER, TOM GLANCY, SHIRLEY GLANCY, JOE GRZYB, DORLES GRYZB, JOHN GUILIANA, BRITT GUILIANA, ED HOLMES, ETHEL HOLMES, HELEN HOLZWORTH, HERB HOLZWORTH, SOPHIE HONCH, KATHY HRISHUK, MIKE HRISHUK, PETER JOHNER, HELEN JOHNER, ERNIE KAHLER, HILDA KAHLER, RON BACON, Executor of the Estate of JOSEPH KOVACS, GERRY McCARTHY, MARILYN McCARTHY, RON McCOMB, ROSE McCOMB, PETER MEISTER, INGRID MEISTER, WAYNE MITCHEL, TRUDIE MITCHEL, DIANE MOORE, JOHN MOORE, JOHN MORSE, CATHERINE MORSE, ROY NEFF, DAISY NEFF, JOAN OLLIFFE, JOHN OSTENDORF, NELLIE OSTENDORF, NORMAN PARKER, ROXIE PARKER, KEN PATTERSON, JEFFREY PUNSHON, DOREEN PUNSHON, ELAINE EBY, DOROTHY REID, ED ROGOZINSKY, DELORES ROGOZINSKY, DEREK ROLPH, BETTE ROLPH, DAVID SCHELLENBERG, JOHN SNIJDERS, JANNIE SNIJDERS, RUDY SNIJDERS, JOHN SONNEVELDT, WILLIE SONNEVELDT, TOM SPANN, IRMA SPANN, HARLYN SPROULE, FAYE SPRQULE, HENRY STRYD, ADRIANA STRYD, STAN TURNER, HAL WESTON, DOLORES WESTON, DON WHITTAKER, MARYANN WHITTAKER, CATHERINE KNUDSEN, HOWARD KNUDSEN, MARGARET MAKI, LEO MAKI, LORENZ LOHNINGER, HANNELORE LOHNINGER, MARGARET TIBBEN, RALPH CHURCHILL, SANDRA CHURCHILL, JANET REED, CHRIS SEABROOK, MARGARET SEABROOK, FRED HOWSE, PHYLLIS HOWSE, MACE HARRISON, IRENE HARRISON, BUD THOMPSON, MARJORIE THOMPSON, JOHANNA AUBERTIN, GORDON SIDDONS, ROSEMARY SIDDONS, RUSS GRILLS, DIANE GRILLS, BILL MILLER, GERRY MILLER, DEBORAH INNES, ARLEE MISFELDT, JANET MISFELDT, STANLEY BAXTER and GRACE BALES

MOTION DEALT WITH IN WRITING WITHOUT APPEARANCE OF PARTIES

REASONS FOR ORDER BY:                                              Noël J.A.

DATED:                                                                                  July 26, 2004

WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS BY:

SOLICITORS OF RECORD: