As an interesting addition, on June 29, 2015, Justice Perell in his reasons for decision in Paquette v TeraGo Networks Inc., 2015 ONSC 4189 (CanLII),, described
the partial summary judgment approach employed in Markoulakis v SNC - Lavalin Inc., 2015 ONSC 1081 as «cynical, patronizing, unfair, impractical, and expensive.»
[39] I also accept that Siskinds»
approach of requesting the Court to consider granting
partial summary judgment was appropriate in the circumstances of this case because the issue of liability turned on a quite discrete issue of contractual interpretation.