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27 Apr 2012, 5:21 pm
In Banro, Justice LeBel rejects the English “substantial publication” requirement, noting it “reflects England’s merits-based approach to the assumption of jurisdiction, which is arguably inconsistent with the Canadian approach of treating jurisdiction separately from the merits of a claim. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 6:14 pm
Facts of Van Breda and Charron The Supreme Court’s judgment in Van Breda dealt with a consolidated appeal from the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in two motions before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Club Resorts Ltd. v. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 3:00 am
Canadian lawyers are pretty excited about a series of decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada on personal jurisdiction of foreign defendants and forum non conveniens. [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 12:19 am
A draft declaration for that conference was ‘leaked’ on 23 Feb 2012, and published in various forums. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 3:00 am
Canadian lawyers, please comment! [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 10:21 am
Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball Ltd.considered the issue in a non-employment context. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 8:03 am
Instead what remains most important today out of that situation was the conversation I had with the then-labor minister in Guatemala, an ex-leftist who had been with the opposition during the civil war and whose not merely progressive, but revolutionary, credentials were impeccable. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 4:34 am
Related posts: Jurisdiction and Forum Non Conveniens in Quebec Quebec Court Stays Palestinian Claim Against West Bank Builders Canadian National Class Action Judgment Not Recognized in Quebec [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 6:25 am
Concepcion, the Supreme Court revamped the law concerning the Federal Arbitration Act and Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, allowing businesses to insulate themselves from class action suits by employees and consumers. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 12:22 am
”[8] It is therefore not surprising that analysts have observed that Justice Strathy’s comments “could prove persuasive to judges in other Canadian jurisdictions and could also encourage potential plaintiffs and litigation funders to enter into similar agreements”[9] throughout the country. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 3:00 am
In my view, because Canada has not formally objected to service by mail under Article 10 of the Convention, and because it is the law of the forum that determines the validity of the service, whether the service complied with the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure is irrelevant. [read post]
22 Nov 2011, 6:16 pm
Would Canadian society as a whole, taking into account the justice system, benefit from more outspoken “out of court” discourse by the judiciary? [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 9:12 pm
[vii] Christiane Wilke, “Reconsecrating the Temple of Justice: Invocations of Civilization, Humanity, and Justice at the Nuremberg Justice Trial,” Canadian Journal of Law and Society 24 (2009): 181-201. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 5:05 pm
The reasons of the Chief Justice help to clarify the decision of Justice Abella. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 8:00 am
The appellant submitted that the appropriate forum for this appeal was the Ontario Court of appeal under s.6(1) of the Courts of Justice Act. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 6:02 pm
”[13] Civil society is further disempowered with the “privatization of public debate” that occurs when a SLAPP lawsuit transfers a public political debate to the private, sometimes confidential, forum of the courtroom.[14] In the absence of any safeguards built into legislation, the common law on torts is used to subvert the democratic process. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 8:48 pm
The Third Arbitration Trilogy: Stolt-Nielsen, Rent-A-Center, Concepcion and the Future of American Arbitration American Review of International Arbitration, 2012Thomas Stipanowich Pepperdine University School of Law Abstract: For the third time in the modern era, a triad of key Supreme Court decisions represents a milestone in American arbitration. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 5:53 pm
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice based at York University in Toronto has been awarded $1 million by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to undertake a study entitled The Cost of Justice: Weighing the Costs of Fair and Effective Resolution to Legal Problems.The study will tackle the following questions:How can we better calculate, understand and balance the social value to democratic societies of ensuring an accessible,… [read post]
18 Sep 2011, 5:28 pm
The court may also have applied a principle analogous to the forum non conveniens rule that the plaintiff’s choice of forum should prevail unless there is some other clearly preferable forum. [read post]
18 Sep 2011, 5:16 pm
The court may also have applied a principle analogous to the forum non conveniens rule that the plaintiff’s choice of forum should prevail unless there is some other clearly preferable forum. [read post]
