In Kosicki v. Toronto (City) (SCC, 2025) the Supreme Court of Canada allowed a homeowner's appeal, this from an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that upheld the dismissal of an adverse possession application at the Superior Court, which "sought an order for possessory title to the disputed land".
Here the court identifies the purpose of limitations statutes:
[68] This is consistent with what this Court has identified as the underlying purposes of limitations statutes generally, which are tied to certainty, evidentiary, and diligence rationales (M. (K.) v. M. (H.), 1992 CanLII 31 (SCC), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 6). Actions should be commenced within a reasonable time to ensure that a potential defendant does not live under the perpetual shadow of liability and the quality and availability of the relevant evidence remains intact for the adjudication of the claim (Mew, Rolph and Zacks, at pp. 19-21).
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