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About Stephen Pitel

Professor, Western University

Entries by Stephen Pitel

New Book: Nineteenth-Century Perspectives on Private International Law

September 19, 2018/in News/by Stephen Pitel

Roxana Banu of Western University has published Nineteenth-Century Perspectives on Private International Law, a new book in the Oxford University Press series on the history and theory of international law.  Information from the publisher can be found

Double Counting the Place of the Tort?

June 11, 2018/1 Comment/in Views/by Stephen Pitel

In common law Canada there is a clear separation between the question of a court having jurisdiction (jurisdiction simpliciter) and the question of a court choosing whether to exercise or stay its jurisdiction.  One issue discussed in the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in Haaretz.com v Goldhar (available

The Most Appropriate Forum: Assessing the Applicable Law

June 10, 2018/in Views/by Stephen Pitel

Another issue in the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in Haaretz.com v Goldhar (available

The Role of Foreign Enforcement Proceedings in Forum Non Conveniens

June 9, 2018/in Views/by Stephen Pitel

The doctrine of forum non conveniens, in looking to identify the most appropriate forum for the litigation, considers many factors.  Two of these are (i) a desire to avoid, if possible, a multiplicity of proceedings and (ii) any potential difficulties in enforcing the decision that results from the litigation.  However, it is important to keep […]

Staying Proceedings, Undertakings and “Buying” a Forum

June 8, 2018/in Views/by Stephen Pitel

One of the points of interest in the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in Haaretz.com v Goldhar (available

Supreme Court of Canada: Israel, not Ontario, is Forum Conveniens for Libel Proceedings

June 7, 2018/in Views/by Stephen Pitel

The decision to stay proceedings under the doctrine of forum non conveniens is discretionary, which in part means that appeal courts should be reluctant to reverse the decisions of motions judges on the issue.  It comes as some surprise, therefore, that the Supreme Court of Canada has disagreed with not only the motions judge but […]

Symposium Publication: Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act

May 20, 2018/in News/by Stephen Pitel

The most recent issue of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal (available

New Article: Jurisdiction Clauses in Canada

May 15, 2018/in News/by Stephen Pitel

Tanya Monestier (Roger Williams University School of Law) has published an article (available

Child Abduction and Habitual Residence in the Supreme Court of Canada

April 21, 2018/in Views/by Stephen Pitel

The Supreme Court of Canada, in Office of the Children’s Lawyer v Balev (available

UKSC on Traditional Rules of Jurisdiction: Brownlie v Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated

January 14, 2018/in Views/by Stephen Pitel

Shortly before Christmas the UKSC released its decision on jurisdiction in Brownlie v Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated (

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