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Canadian Cases in Private International Law in 2013 / Jurisprudence canadienne en matière de droit international privé en 2013

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Joost Blom
Joost Blom*
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Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international , Volume 51 , 2014 , pp. 575 - 623
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Copyright © The Canadian Council on International Law / Conseil Canadien de Droit International, representing the Board of Editors, Canadian Yearbook of International Law / Comité de Rédaction, Annuaire Canadien de Droit International 2014

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References

1 2249659 Ontario Ltd v Sparkasse Siegen, 2012 ONSC 3128, noted (2012) 50 Can YB Int’l L 586.

2 In the absence of statutory rules forjurisdiction simpliciter, Canadian courts must base jurisdiction on the presence of one or more common law presumptive connecting factors that satisfy the requirement of a real and substantial connection with the province: Club Resorts Ltd v Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17, [2012] 1 SCR 572 [Van Breda].

3 Newfoundland and Labrador (AG) v Rothmans Inc, 2013 NLTD(G) 180.

4 Ibid at para 329, point 4.

5 Patterson vEM TechnologiesInc, 2013 ONSC 5849 (Master).

6 Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act, SBC 2003, c 28 [CJPTA (BC)].

7 This uniform act is also law (with minor variations) in Saskatchewan (SS 1997, c C-41.1 [CJPTA (SK)]) and Nova Scotia (SNS 2003 (2d Sess), c 2 [CJPTA (NS)]).

8 CJPTA (BC), supra note 6 at s 3(e).

9 Ibid at s 10(e)(i).

10 Ibid at s 10(g).

11 Ibid at s 10(h).

12 Van Breda, supra note 2.

13 Kilderry Holdings Ltd v Canpower International B.V., 2013 BCCA 82, 360 DLR (4th) 500 at para 9.

14 Van Breda, supra note 2.

15 Pavilion Financial Corp v Highview Financial Holdings Inc, 2013 MBQB 95, 292 Man R (2d) 40 (Master).

16 Jones v Raymond James Ltd, 2013 ONSC 4640.

17 Schram v Nunavut, 2013 NBQB 190, 406 NBR (2d) 168.

18 Inukshuk Wireless Partnership v 4253311 Canada Inc, 2013 ONSC 5631, 117 OR (3d) 206.

19 Patterson v EM Technologies Inc, 2013 ONSC 5849 (Master).

20 Leone v Scaffidi, 2013 ONSC 1849, 87 ETR (3d) 93.

21 Bedford v Abushmaies, 2013 ONSC 1352.

22 Original Cakerie Ltd v Renaud, 2013 BCSC 755.

23 CJPTA (BC), supra note 6 at s 10(e)(i).

24 Greenbuilt Group of Companies Ltd v RMD Engineering Inc, 2013 ABQB 297, 82 Alta LR (4th) 349, amended statement of claim approved, 2013 ABQB 346.

25 Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 11.25(3)(b) and (c), respectively.

26 Van Breda, supra note 2.

27 Greta Inc v De Lange, 2013 ONSC 3086, aff’d 2014 ONCA 107.

28 Rye Ghana Gold Corp, 2013 ONSC 3284, 3 CBR (6th) 220.

29 Thinh v Philippe, 2013 ONSC 7395.

30 West Van Inc v Daisley, 2013 ONSC 1988, aff’d 2014 ONCA 232, 119 OR (3d) 481.

31 Brown v Spagnuolo, 2013 ONSC 5178.

32 Leave to appeal to SCC refused, 35497 (19 December 2013).

33 Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, 2009, SO 2009, c 13 [TobaccoAct (Ont.)].

34 Van Breda, supra note 2.

35 Tobacco Act (Ont), supra note 33 at s 1(1).

36 Saskatchewan v Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc, 2013 SKQB 357, 368 DLR (4th) 474.

37 CJPTA (SK), supra note 7 at s 9(g).

38 Van Breda, supra note 2.

39 Jefferson vMacklem, 2013 NLTD(G) 106, 38 Nfld & PEIR 273.

40 Mitchell v Jeckovich, 2013 ONSC 7494, [2014] ILR I-5537.

41 Haufler v Hotel Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas, 2013 ONSC 6044, 117 OR (3d) 275.

42 Leave to appeal to SCC refused, 35700 (1 May 2014).

43 Kim v APK Holdings Ltd, 2013 SKQB 382, 431 Sask R 291.

44 Armadale Holdings Ltd v Synergize Int’l Inc, 2013 SKQB 308, 428 Sask R 209.

45 Kozicz v Preece, 2013 ONSC 2823.

46 The Limitations Act, RSA 2000, c L-12, s 12(1), requires the Alberta limitation period to be applied to any Alberta proceeding in which a claimant seeks a re-medial order, unless (as provided in s 12(2)) the claim is governed by a foreign law and that law provides for a shorter period than does Alberta law. Section 12(2) was added to reflect the result in Castillo v Castillo, 2005 SCC 83, [2005] 3 SCR 870.

47 See the previous footnote.

48 Petrook v Natuzzi Americas Inc, 2013 ONSC 4508, 10 CCEL (4th) 317.

49 Lixo Investments Ltd v Gowling Lafleur Henderson, 2013 ONSC 4862, aff’d 2014 ONCA 114.

50 Sullivan v Four Seasons Hotels Ltd, 2013 ONSC 4622, 116 OR (3d) 365.

51 Leave to appeal to SCC refused, 35640 (13 Mar. 2014).

52 Bouzari v Iran (2004), 243 DLR (4th) 406 (CA).

53 Jurisdiction simpliciter was not contested in this proceeding. The court refers to the plaintiffs’ reliance on “forum of necessity”: Bouzari v Bahremani, 2013 ONSC 6337 at para 29. The plaintiffs may have been relying in part on the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, SC 2012, c 1, s 2, which came into force in 2012 and gives Canadian courts jurisdiction to entertain civil actions for damages suffered in or outside Canada on or after 1 January 1985 as a result of an act or omission that is, or had it been committed in Canada would be, punishable under Part of the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46. Part makes punishable the funding of or participating in “terrorist activity” as defined in s 83.01. The definition of “terrorist activity” is broad enough that it might encompass at least some of the plaintiffs’ claims.

54 Kazi v Qatar Airlines, 2013 ONSC 1370.

55 Teck Cominco Metals Ltd v Lloyd’s Underwriters, 2009 SCC 11, [2009] 1 SCR 321.

56 Century Indemnity Co v Viridian Inc, 2013 ONSC 4412.

57 Securities Act, RSO 1990, c S.5, s 138.1.

58 Miller v Purdue Pharma Inc, 2013 SKQB 193, 421 Sask R 71.

59 CJPTA (SK), supra note 7 at s 9(g).

60 Trillium Motor World Ltd v General Motors of Canada Ltd, 2013 ONSC 2289.

61 Silver v IMAX Corp, 2013 ONSC 1667, 36 CPC (7th) 254, leave to appeal to Div. Ct. refused, 2013 ONSC 6751.

62 Parsons v Canadian Red Cross Society, 2013 ONSC 3053, 363 DLR (4th) 352.

63 Endean v British Columbia, 2014 BCCA 61.

64 Limited Partnerships Act, RSO 1990, c L.16.

65 Partnerships Act, RSO 1990, c P.5.

66 Business Corporations Act, RSO 1990, c B.16, s 1(1) “court.”

67 Partnerships Act, supra note 65 at s 1(1) “court”.

68 Supreme Court Act, RSBC 1996, c 443, s 9(1).

69 Divorce Act, RSC 1985 (2nd Supp), c 3, s 3(1).

70 Family Law Act, RSO 1990, c F.3.

71 Children’s Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c C.12.

72 Ibid at s 40.

73 Leave to appeal to SCC refused, 35611 (6 February 2014).

74 The first instance decision is noted (2012), 50 Can YB Int’l L 594.

75 Amchem Products Inc v British Columbia (Workers Compensation Board), [1993] 1 SCR 897.

76 CJPTA (NS), supra note 7 at s 12.

77 Divorce Act, RSC 1985 (2nd Supp), c 3, s 22(1).

78 CJPTA (BC), supra note 6.

79 Ibid, s 10(a).

80 Van Breda, supra note 2.

81 Gavriluke v Mainard, 2013 ONSC 2337, 32 RFL (7th) 111.

82 CJPTA (NS), supra note 7.

83 Detcheverry v Herritt, 2013 NSSC 315, 336 NSR (2d) 150.

84 Hamilton v Hamilton, 2013 SKQB 190, 421 Sask R 45.

85 Mohammed v Hitram, 2013 ONSC 7239.

86 Naibkhil v Qaderi, 2013 BCSC 1433; the Alberta decision is 2013 ABQB 458.

87 Giesbrecht v Giesbrecht, 2013 MBQB 115, 292 Man R (2d) 122.

88 Cohen v Cohen, 2013 MBQB 292, 300 Man R (2d) 144.

89 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction, 25 October 1980 (entered into force 1 December 1983) [Hague Convention], implemented in Alberta by the International Child Abduction Act, RSA 2000, c I-4.

90 H(A) v H(FS)(C), 2013 ONSC 1308.

91 Supra note 89, implemented in Ontario by the Children’s Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c C.12, s 46(2).

92 Code civil du Québec, LQ 1991, ch 64 [CcQ].

93 Autorisation d’appeler à la CSC refusée, 35312 (25 juillet 2013).

94 CBS Canada Holdings Co c Canadian National Railway Company, 2013 QCCS 471.

95 Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne, LRC 1985, ch H-6, art 2 et 5.

96 Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, Loi Constitutionnelle de 1982, Partie I, art 6 et 15.

97 E Hofmann Plastics inc c Tribec Metals Ltd, 2013 QCCA 2112.

98 Loi sur la concurrence, LRC 1985, ch C-34.

99 Code de procédure civile, LRQ, ch C-25 [Cpc].

100 Loi sur la protection du consommateur, LRQ, ch P-40.1, anciens art 20 et 21 (abrogés LQ 2006, ch 56, art 3, mais en vigueur au moment de la conclusion du contrat entre C et Dell).

101 Loi sur les connaissements, LRC 1985, c B-5.

102 Lacroix c Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 2013 QCCS 2986, autorisation d’appeler à la CA refusée, 2013 QCCA 1820.

103 Services Jade ABL inc v Focus Lenders Services Group, 2013 QCCS 5546.

104 Taiko Trucking c SLTExpress Way Inc, 2013 QCCS 75.

105 PIRS s.a. c Compagnie d’arrimage de Québec ltée, 2013 QCCA 31.

106 André R. Dorais, Avocats c Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, 2013 QCCS 3369, autorisation d’appeler à la CA refusée, 2013 QCCA 941.

107 Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, 15 November 1965 (entered into force for Canada 1 May 1989).

108 Ontario, Rules of Civil Procedure, RRO 1990, Reg 194.

109 Ibid, r 16.04 and 16.08, respectively.

110 Khan Resources v Atomredmetzoloto JSC, 2013 ONCA 189, 361 DLR (4th) 446 at paras 57-60, distinguishing rather than overruling Zhang v Jiang (2006) 82 OR (3d) 306 (SC), which involved an action against persons in China by Falun Gong members who claimed to have been tortured there.

111 Ontario Evidence Act, RSO 1990, c E.23.

112 The Crown Liability and Proceedings Act, RSC 1985, c C-50, s 27 provides that in actions against the federal Crown, the “rules of practice and procedure” of the court in which the action is brought apply. The application judge held that the provision in the Ontario Evidence Act for enforcing letters rogatory was a “rule of evidence”, which does not per se apply to actions against the federal Crown. The Court of Appeal held it was more properly characterized as a rule of practice and procedure and so did apply by virtue of s 27.

113 Leave to appeal to SCC granted, 35682 (3 April 2014).

114 Ontario, Rules of Civil Procedure, RRO 1990, Reg 194, r 17.02(111).

115 CSA8-Garden Village LLC v Dewar, 2013 ONSC 6229, 369 DLR (4th) 125.

116 Leave to appeal to SCC refused, 35517 (12 December 2013).

117 Authority for the discretion, based on non-monetary orders being viewed as equitable orders, is Pro Swing Inc v Elta Golf Inc, 2006 SCC 52, [2006] 2 SCR 612.

118 PT ATPK Resources TBK (Indonesia) v Diversified Energy & Resource Corp, 2013 ONSC 5913.

119 Limitations Act, SO 2002, s 16(1)(b).

120 Ward v Nackawic Mechanical Ltd, 2013 NBQB 296, 408 NBR (2d) 315.

121 Leave to appeal to SCC refused, 35764 (5 June 2014).

122 An earlier decision had held that the Ontario action should not be stayed on forum non conveniens grounds, while leaving open the question whether, when the merits were considered, the Minnesota judgment was to be considered res judicata: Amtim Capital Inc v Appliance Recycling Centers of America, 2012 ONCA 664, noted at (2012) 50 Can YB Int’l L 591.

123 The Court of Appeal cited Wolfe v Pickar, 2011 ONCA 347, 332 DLR (4th) 157, noted (2011) 49 Can YB Int’l L 584.

124 Leave to appeal to SCC granted, 35608 (27 February 2014).

125 The motionjudge held against recognizing the settlement so far as it concerned certain types of loans, because the notices did not indicate clearly enough that those loans were included in the proceeding.

126 Van Breda, supra note 2.

127 Silver v IMAX Corp, 2013 ONSC 1667, 36 CPC (7th) 254, leave to appeal to Div. Ct. refused, 2013 ONSC 6751.

128 United States (Securities and Exchange Commn.) v Peever, 2013 BCSC 1090, 17 BLR (5th) 332, aff’d 2014 BCCA 141.

129 New York Stock Exchange LLC v Orbixa Technologies Inc, 2013 ONSC 5521, aff’d 2014 NCA 219.

130 Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, SBC 2004, c 2, s 4–5.

131 The possible departure from the lex loci delicti in international cases (but not intra-Canadian cases) was expressly contemplated by Tolofson v Jensen, [1994] 3 SCR 1022.

132 As the strongest example the court referred to Castillo v Castillo, 2005 SCC 83,[2005] 3 SCR 870.

133 Azam v Jan, 2012 ABCA 197, 533 AR 173, noted at (2012) 50 Can YB Int’l L 617.

134 Hyde vHyde (1866), LR 1 PD 130 (Eng PDA).

135 Civil Partnership Act, 2004 (UK), c 33.

136 Civil Marriage Act, SC 2005, c 33.

137 Divorce Act, RSC 1985 (2nd Supp), c 3.

138 Family Law Act, RSO 1990, c F.3.

139 Salfinger v Salfinger, 2012 BCSC 1874, noted at (2012) 50 Can YB Int’l L 618.

140 Divorce Act, RSC 1985 (2nd Supp), c 3, s 22(1).

141 Ibid at s 22(3).

142 Family Law Act, SBC 2011, c 25, s 3(2).

143 Autorisation d’appeler à la CSC refusée, 35438 (9 janvier 2014).