Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario
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 […]
On November 17, 2006, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc. (available
The courts of Ontario have taken another step forward in the recognition and enforcement of foreign non-monetary orders. In Re Grace Canada Inc. (available
The latest decision in the attempt by the government of British Columbia to sue several tobacco companies for damages and health care costs is British Columbia v Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd [2006] BCJ No 2080 (CA) (available
In Re Presbytarian Church of Sudan, released September 26, 2006 (available
In Crown Resources Corp SA v National Iranian Oil Corp [2006] OJ No 3345 (CA), decided August 22, 2006, the Court of Appeal for Ontario overturned a lower court decision which had not given effect to a jurisdiction clause in favour of litigation in Iran. The Court of Appeal confirmed that a "strong cause" had […]