Abada v. University of Ottawa

Decided: 2026-10-27. Docket: COA-25-CV-1116. Citation: 2026 ONCA 760 (CanLII). Contracts — University relationship — Claim framing — Claims for breach of contract and negligence arising from Ph.D. supervision — Whether the action was, in pith and substance, an academic dispute — Trial judge’s findings based largely on credibility assessments — Comprehensive examination treated as academic in nature — Appeal dismissed | Administrative law — Justiciability — Academic decisions — Gauthier c. Saint-Germain cited on courts not entertaining academic disputes — Whether the trial judge erred in characterising the comprehensive examination issue as academic — University Senate Appeal Committee relief noted — No error found in the characterisation — Appeal dismissed | Procedure — Trial management —