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UNIVERSITY OF m TORONTO 1 11 FACULTY OF LAW |°0 =(7> oc- <= CE- =C0 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO _l= =LO =C0 <= _IZ "=CoN> Z*=: |° 0)= <- _i= |co <= oc« =h- oCQ= = =1— ICO LAW 218H1 PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 2013 CASES AND LEGISLATION VOLUME 1 BARRY GLASPELL BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP Scotia Plaza 40 King Street West Suite 4100 Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y4 416-367-6104 (tel) r [email protected] STORAGE ^ @glaspell K 7039 .G53 2013 v. 1 c. 1 BORA LASKiN LAW LIBRARY JAN - 9 2012 FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LAW 218H1 PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 2013 CASES AND LEGISLATION VOLUME 1 BARRY GLASPELL BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP Scotia Plaza 40 King Street West Suite 4100 Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y4 416-367-6104 (tel) [email protected] @glaspell Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/privateinternati01glas_1 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW-2013 I. APPLICABLE LAW OF ONTARIO: “CHOICE” OF LAW A. Contract Imperial Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Colmenares, [1967] S.C.R. 443 1 International Sale of Goods Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. 1.10 4 B. Tort Babcock v. Jackson (1963) 12 N.Y. (2d) 473 8 Tolofson v. Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022 15 Wong v. Lee (2002), 58 O.R. (3d) 398 (C.A.) 40 Somers v. Fournier (2002), 60 O.R. (3d) 225 (C.A.) 49 Castillo v. Castillo, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 870 62 Vogler v. Szendroi, [2008] N.S.J. 71 (C.A.); S.C.C. leave dismissed 65 C. Equity Minera Aquiline Argentina SA v. IMA Exploration Inc., (2006] B.C.J. 72 1626; affirmed 2007 BCCA 319; S.C.C. leave dismissed . 11 APPLICABLE LAW OF ONTARIO: PRESCRIPTIVE JURISDICTION A. Canada: Constitutional Limits on Extra-Territoriality Uni fund Assurance Co. v. Insurance Corp. of British Columba, [2003] 2. 92 S.C.R. 63 B. International: Customary Law Limits on Extra-Territoriality SOCAjX v. Canadian Association of Internet Providers, [2004] 2 S.C.R. 104 427 British Columbia v. Imperial Tobacco Company Ltd., [2005] 2 S.C.R. 473 112 Canada (Prime Minister) v. Khadr, 2010 SCC 3 119 2 III. JUDICIAL JURISDICTION OVER PERSONS A. Personal Immunity: Absence of Adjudicative Power State Immunity Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-18 122 United States of America v. Friediand (1999), 46 O.R. (3d) 321 (C.A.); 127 (leave to SCC granted; appeal discontinued) Bouzari v. Iran (2005), 71 O.R. (3d) 675 (C.A.); leave to SCC dismissed 132 Kuwait Airways Corporation v. Iraq (Republic of), [2010] S.C.J. 40 144 Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act 153 B. Recognition of Foreign Personality; Extending Adjudicative Power United States of America v. Yemec, [2010] ONCA 414 158 C. Adjudicative Power Over Persons Outside Ontario: Service/Notice Rule 17, Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure 164 3 IV. JUDICIAL JURISDICTION OVER SUBJECT-MATTER A. Products Moran v. Pyle, |1975j 1 S.C.R. 393 168 Stanway v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., 2009 BCCA 592 172 B. Travel Club Resorts Ltd. v. Morgan Van Breda, et a/., 2012 SCC 17 180 C. Internet Defamation Barrick Gold Corp. v. Lopehandia (2004), 71 O.R. (3d) 416 (C.A.) 217 Les editions Ecosociete Inc., et al. v. Banro Corporation, 2012 SCC 18 223 Richard C. Breeden, et al. v. Conrad Black, et al., 2012 SCC 19 238 D. Economic Loss/Negligent Misrepresentation Boschetto v. Hansing, 539 F 3d 1011 (9th Cir. 2008) 250 Silver et al. v. IMAX Corporation et al., 2009 ONSC 72334 ; leave to appeal 256 denied, 2011 ONSC 1035 E. Impact of Legislation British Columbia Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act 268 4 V. FORUM NON CONVENIENS A. Common Law Discretion Not to Exercise Judicial Jurisdiction Eastern Power Limited v. Azienda Comunale Energia and Anibiente 273 (1999), 178 D.L.R. (4th) 409 (Ont. C.A.); leave to SCC dismissed Lubbe and others v. Cape pic, [2000] 1 W.L.R. 1545; [2000] 4 All E.R. 268 282 (H.L.) Jessica King (Estate of) v. Cessna Aircraft Co. (11th Cir. 2009) 292 B. Statutory Discretion Not to Exercise Judicial Jurisdiction Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. v. Lloyd’s Underwriters, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 321 298 C. Impact of Exclusive Jurisdiction Contractual Clauses Rudder v. Microsoft Corp., [1999] O.J. 3778 (S.C.) 305 ECU-Line N. V. v. Z.I. Pompey Industries et al., [2003] 1 S.C.R. 450 310 Straus v. Decaire, 2007 ONCA 854 316 Matrix Integrated Solutions Limited v. Radiant Hospitality Systems Ltd., 317 [2009] ONCA 593 Expedition Helicopters Inc. v. Honeywell Inc., 2010 ONCA 351 322 5 VI. ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION Amchem Products Inc. v. British Columbia (Workers Compensation 327 Board), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 897 Airbus Industrie G.I.E. v. Patel, [1999] 1 A.C. 119 (H.L.) 347 Allianza SpA et al. v. West Tankers Inc. (E.C.J. 2009) 361 Teck Metals Ltd. v. Lloyd’s, London, 2009 WL 4716037 (E.D. Wash.); 367 2010 WL 252804 (E.D. Wash.) 6