In Sinclair v. Venezia Turismo (Sinclair), the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) clarified when Canadian courts can assume jurisdiction over international or interprovincial disputes. A contract made in a Canadian province and...more
The inclusion of limitation and exclusion of liability clauses in contracts entered into in Quebec requires an understanding of civil law and public order restrictions. Since the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruling in...more
Recent Canadian case law is reshaping how legal drafters should approach contractual clauses. Key decisions, including rulings from the Supreme Court of Canada and appellate courts in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and...more
For many reasons, including delays in the litigation system, choice of decision-maker and procedural flexibility, arbitration appears to be increasing in popularity as a means to resolve commercial disputes. But what happens...more
The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in RH20 North America Inc v Bergmann, 2024 ONCA 445 serves as useful reminder that a party can inadvertently waive its right to arbitrate a dispute if the party takes a step in the...more
In 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) heard arguments in Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Toronto Sewage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7 (Wastech) and C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger, 2020 SCC 45 (Callow), both of which...more
Dans l’arrêt qu’elle a rendu dans l’affaire Wastech Services Ltd. c. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage (l’« affaire Wastech »), la Cour suprême du Canada (la « Cour suprême ») a reconnu l’obligation générale d’exercer...more
In Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage (Wastech), the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recognized a general duty to exercise contractual discretion in good faith. This bulletin summarizes the SCC’s...more
Good faith requires a party who has a discretionary power under a contract to exercise that discretion in accordance with the purposes for which it was conferred, the Supreme Court of Canada recently held in Wastech Services...more
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently granted leave to appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal's decision in Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District v Wastech Services Ltd., 2019 BCCA 66. The case...more
On February 15, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) dismissed leave to appeal in Station Mont Tremblant v. Banville-Joncas. In its decision, the Quebec Court of Appeal (Court) reaffirmed and elaborated on the principles...more
The organizing principle of good faith and the duty of honest contractual performance laid down by the Supreme Court of Canada in Bhasin v Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71 [Bhasin] do not give courts the ability to review the fairness of...more
Supreme Court of Canada Revives Correctness Test for Interpreting Standard Form Contracts - There is a new exception to the new Canadian approach for reviewing the interpretation of contracts: a trial court’s...more