Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario
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
During a recent round-up of Canadian publications dealing with the conflict of laws, I have found the following articles which some might find of interest: – Robert Flannigan, “The Use of Foreign Forms to Circumvent Local Liability Rules” (2007) 44 Alta. L.R. 803-14 – Lily Ng, “Covenant Marriage and the Conflict of Laws” (2007) 44 […]
On June 21, 2008, Trinity College Dublin is hosting a conference on the Rome II regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations. Full details are available
With the courts of Canadian provinces willing to take jurisdiction over a “national” class claim, involving a plaintiff class which includes members located in other provinces, and with American courts willing to take jurisdiction over “international” classes, involving a plaintiff class which includes members located in Canada, Canadian courts are increasingly having to confront the […]
In Vogler v. Szendroi (available