Professor, Western University
Brill / Martinus Nijhoff has recently published The Rome II Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations: A New International Litigation Regime. The book is edited by John Ahern and William Binchy of Trinity College Dublin. Full details of the book are available
The province of Manitoba’s Law Reform Commission has released a report on Private International Law (available
The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed the decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal in Canada Post Corp. v. Lepine (available
The Law Commission of Ontario has released a consultation paper written by Professor Janet Walker (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University). The paper (available
Canadian provincial courts continue to analyze how to manage class actions that include class members from other provinces. While Canada is a federal country, it is acceptable for the court in a province to certify a class that includes members from other provinces. A difficulty arises if two provinces are each asked to certify a multijurisdictional class […]
Canada’s highest court has delivered its judgment in Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. v. Lloyd’s Underwriters (available
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has released its decision in Young v. Tyco International of Canada Ltd. (available
In Courtney v. Springfield (available
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has released its decision in Precious Metal Capital Corp. v. Smith (available
The recent case of Purple Echo Productions, Inc. v. KCTS Television, 2008 BCCA 85 (available