Federal Court Decisions

Decision Information

Decision Content

Date: 20041025

Docket: T-960-04

Citation: 2004 FC 1500

Toronto, Ontario, October 25th, 2004

Present:           The Honourable Mr. Justice Campbell                                

BETWEEN:

                                              JAMES ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON

                                                                                                                                               Plaintiff

                                                                           and

                                                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

                                                                                                                                           Defendant

                                            REASONS FOR ORDER AND ORDER

[1]                In the present motion, the Defendant requests an alternate order striking certain paragraphs of the Plaintiff's Amended Statement of Claim dated August 9th, 2004. I find the Defendant's arguments in this respect to be compelling, and, therefore, I accept them as expressed in Section B of the Plaintiff's Memorandum of Fact and Law (pp. 14-23).


                                                                       ORDER

Accordingly, I make the following orders:

1.          As paragraph 13 of the Amended Statement of Claim does not conform to the Order of Mr. Prothonotary Lafrenière, Esquire dated July 12th, 2004, it is struck.

2.          As portions of the Amended Statement of Claim improperly seek declaratory relief in the present action instead of by way of judicial review, paragraphs 2 and 3 are struck.

3.          As the defamation claim in the Amended Statement of Claim fails to establish the basic requirements of a defamation claim, paragraphs 32 and 82 are struck.

4.          As paragraphs 31 through 74 of the Amended Statement of Claim contained a myriad of disparate claims that are fundamentally vexatious because they are bereft of any particulars to show the basis of a claim, paragraphs 31 through 71 are struck.

5.          The Plaintiff is hereby ordered to file, within 30 days of the date of this order, an Amended Amended Statement of Claim reflecting the orders made herein.


6.          As required by Rule 206 of the Federal Court Rules, 1998, I ordered that the Plaintiff produced copies of every document referred to in his Amended Amended Statement of Claim within 10 days of its filing as required by this order.

7.          An extension of time is granted to the Defendant to file the Statement of Defence within 60 days of the filing of the Amended Amended Statement of Claim.

8.          I award costs on the motion to the Defendant.

                                                                                                                         "Douglas R. Campbell"                     

                                                                                                                                                   J.F.C.                                   


                                                             FEDERAL COURT

                                     Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record

DOCKET:                                                      T-960-04

STYLE OF CAUSE:                                     JAMES ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON

                                                                                                                                                 Plaintiff

and

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

                                                                                                                                             Defendant

MATTER CONSIDERED AT TORONTO, ONTARIO PURSUANT TO RULE 369

REASONS FOR ORDER

AND ORDER BY:                                        CAMPBELL J.

DATED:                                                          OCTOBER 25, 2004

WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS BY:                

James A. Livingston                                      FOR THE PLAINTIFF (Self-Represented)

Sharon McGovern                                          FOR THE DEFENDANT

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

James A. Livingston

Barrister & Solicitor, Notary Public

Windsor, Ontario                                            FOR THE PLAINTIFF (Self-Represented)

MORRIS ROSENBERG

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

Toronto, Ontario                                             FOR THE DEFENDANT                                


                                                                                                                                                           

FEDERAL COURT

                                           Date: 20041025

                                                                                                                Docket: T-960-04

BETWEEN:

JAMES ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON

                                                                                                                                               Plaintiff

                                                                           and

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

                                                                                                                                           Defendant

                                                                                   

                                                                                     REASONS FOR ORDER AND ORDER        

                                                                                                       

 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.