Entries by Stephen Pitel

Recent Canadian Articles

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Some readers of this site may be interested in the following:  Vaughan Black, “The Hague Choice of Court Convention” (2006) 6 Canadian International Lawyer 181-195 (an account of the proposed treaty’s principal provisions and discussion of differences with existing Canadian law)  Elizabeth Edinger, “New British Columbia Legislation: The Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act; The […]

Consent-Based Jurisdiction: Ontario

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See Mueller v. Resort Investors International, ULC, [2006] O.J. No. 4952 (S.C.J.) (available here) for a straightforward rejection of the defendant's challenge to the jurisdiction of the Ontario court on the basis that the defendant served and filed both a notice of intent to defend and a statement of defence.  The motions judge held there […]

Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Conflict of Laws

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As part of LexisNexis Canada's new resource collection, Halsbury's Laws of Canada, Janet Walker of Osgoode Hall Law School has authored the volume on Conflict of Laws.  Professor Walker is the author of Castel & Walker, Canadian Conflict of Laws, 6th edition, from the same publisher, which is Canada's leading text in the field.  This […]