Professor, Western University
Under the State Immunity Act, foreign states are generally immune from being sued in Canada. This includes being sued on a foreign judgment. However, in 2012 Canada enacted legislation to give victims of terrorism the ability to sue a foreign state that sponsored the terrorism. It also made it easier for foreign judgments against such […]
As many will know, in September 2015 the University of Cambridge hosted the Journal of Private International Law Conference (see
The Supreme Court of Canada has released its decision in Chevron Corp v Yaiguaje (available
The 10th Anniversary of the Journal of Private International Law Conference is being held at the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University on 3-5 September 2015. Booking for accommodation closes soon – on 15th July. Booking for the conference and dinner will close on 13th August. The conference offers an excellent opportunity to hear and discuss many […]
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld an interlocutory injunction made against Google Inc., a non-party, in litigation between Equustek Solutions Inc. and Datalink Technologies Gateways Inc. The decision is available
This conference, the next in a series that has featured Madrid (2013), Milan (2011), New York (2009), Birmingham (2007) and Aberdeen (2005), will be held in Cambridge, England at the University of Cambridge. As in the past, it features a diverse line-up of exciting speakers on interesting topics. All essential information can be found on the […]
Another step in the evolution of the common law on this issue has been taken by the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Parsons v Ontario, 2015 ONCA 158 (available
In an earlier post I discussed three first-instance decisions of Canadian courts, one from each of Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec, holding that the court could, at its discretion, sit outside the province. Two of those decisions were appealed and one appeal has now been decided. In Endean v British Columbia, 2014 BCCA 61 (available
Published this week is Private International Law in Commonwealth Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2013) by Prof. Richard Oppong of Thompson Rivers University. From the book’s website: The book won the 2013 American Society of International Law prize in Private International Law. The prize ‘recognizes exceptional work in private international law’. The Secretary General of the […]
Two Canadian conferences upcoming this autumn have sessions devoted to the conflict of laws. The University of Windsor is hosting “Justice Beyond the State: Transnationalism and Law” on September 20-21, 2013. One session is entitled “Private International Law, Comity, Judicial Co-ordination” and another is entitled “Private International Law, the Foreign within the Domestic”. Additional information […]