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Canadian Cases in Private International Law in 2020
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- Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international , Volume 58 , November 2021 , pp. 615 - 657
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- © The Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international 2021
References
1 SBC 2003, c 28 [CJPTA (BC)].
2 Ibid, s 3(e).
3 Ibid, s 10(g).
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid, s 11(1).
6 Jurisdiction as against the two individual defendants was the subject of subsequent reasons. Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH v MFC Bancorp Ltd, 2021 BCCA 182. The court held that territorial competence existed with respect to the claims against them too and should not be declined.
7 CJPTA (BC), supra note 1, s 3(c).
8 Ibid, ss 3(e), 10(e)(i).
9 Ibid, s 10(g).
10 For this point, the court cited Club Resorts Ltd v Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17, [2012] 1 SCR 572 at paras 21, 99 [Van Breda].
11 The comparative convenience and expense of litigating in the respective forums is one of the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether to decline to exercise territorial competence. CJPTA (BC), supra note 1, s 11(2)(a).
12 Ibid, s 11(1).
13 Supreme Court Civil Rules, BC Reg 168/2009, r 21-8(1).
14 CJPTA (BC), supra note 1, s 10(c)(i) (“is brought to interpret, rectify, set aside or enforce any deed, will, contract or other instrument in relation to (i) property in British Columbia that is immovable or movable property”).
15 Ibid, s 10(a).
16 Ibid, s 10(g).
17 The forum non conveniens application was heard by a different judge. It was the plaintiffs’ choice to separate the two proceedings.
18 CJPTA (BC), supra note 1, s 11(2).
19 Ibid, s 11(2)(f).
20 Not all defendants participated in the appeal.
21 2020 BCSC 1892.
22 2020 ABQB 723.
23 2020 ONSC 3068.
24 2020 ONSC 2900.
25 The mechanism for requesting and accepting a transfer of a proceeding is contained in Part 3 of the CJPTA (BC), supra note 1. The mechanism can be set in motion even if the proposed receiving court is in a jurisdiction that does not have a statute similar to the CJPTA (BC). The receiving court is assumed to have inherent authority to accept the transfer, although it can decline to do so for any reason, as the CJPTA (BC) provisions contemplate. See Bishop v Wagar, noted below under Declining jurisdiction in personam, transfer of proceedings under CJPTA — transferring court lacking territorial competence.
26 2020 ONSC 6279.
27 2020 ONSC 934, 149 OR (3d) 466.
28 Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act, SS 1997, c C-41.1 [CJPTA (SK)].
29 Ibid, ss 4(e), 9(g).
30 Moran v Pyle National (Canada) Ltd, [1975] 1 SCR 393 at 408–09, 43 DLR (3d) 239 at 250–51 [Moran], cited in SSAB Alabama Inc v Canadian National Railway Co, 2020 SKCA 74 at para 51 [SSAB].
31 In Moran, supra note 30.
32 CJPTA (SK), supra note 28, s 9(e)(i).
33 Ibid, s 9(h).
35 CJPTA (SK), supra note 28, s 10(2)(a).
36 SSAB, supra note 30 at para 14.
37 2020 ONSC 6448.
38 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, 11 April 1980, 1489 UNTS 3 (entered into force 1 January 1988).
39 One case arising out of that proceeding was Nexen Energy ULC v ITP SA, 2020 ABQB 83, decided about a month before the Ontario case. It upheld the Alberta court’s jurisdiction as against one of the defendants, a Swiss company that provided a leak detection system for the pipelines.
40 Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act, SNS 2003, c 2, s 4.
41 Ibid, s 11.
42 Ibid, s 15(1)(b).
43 Ibid, s 15(2). In either case the court must also be satisfied that the receiving court also has subject matter competence in the proceeding. Ibid, s 15(1)(a), (2).
44 Employment Standards Act, SO 2000, c 41.
45 For the current version, see International Chamber of Commerce, 2021 Arbitration Rules and 2014 Mediation Rules (English version), online: <iccwbo.org/publication/arbitration-rules-and-mediation-rules/>.
46 International Commercial Arbitration Act, SO 2017, c 2, Sch 5.
47 Arbitration Act, SO 1991, c 17.
48 Ibid, s 7(2).
49 2020 BCCA 117.
50 2020 ONSC 1160.
51 Children’s Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c C.12, s 22(1)(b) [CLRA].
52 Under the Divorce Act, RSC 1985, c 3 (2nd Supp), s 22.
53 Family Law Act, RSO 1990, c F.3, s 15.
54 2020 BCSC 1738, aff’d 2021 BCCA 190.
55 2020 ONSC 501.
56 CLRA, supra note 51, s 22(1)(b).
57 RSA 2000, c E-14.
58 CLRA, supra note 51, s 22(1)(a).
59 Ibid, s 41.
60 Ibid, s 42.
61 Ibid, s 41(1).
62 Ibid, s 22(1)(b).
63 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction, 25 October 1980, Can TS 1983 No 35 (entered into force 1 December 1983).
64 Adopted in Office of the Children’s Lawyer v Balev, 2018 SCC 16, noted in Joost Blom, “Canadian Cases in Private International Law in 2018” (2018) 56 CYIL 517 at 584–87. “Hybrid” refers to the test being based both on a child’s factual connections with the jurisdiction and on the parents’ intentions as to the child’s residence.
65 See note 64 above.
66 2020 ONSC 6165.
67 2020 ONSC 67.
68 CJPTA (BC), supra note 1, s 11(1).
69 Araya v Nevsun Resources Ltd, 2017 BCCA 401, noted in Joost Blom, “Canadian Cases in Private International Law in 2017” (2017) 55 CYIL 598 at 609–11.
70 RLRQ, c A-23.0.1.
71 Voir supra, note 63.
72 2020 QCCS 3392, autorisation d’appeler refusée, 2020 QCCA 1708.
73 2020 QCCS 1202.
74 2020 QCCS 2532.
75 Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, art 35, constituant l’annexe B de la Loi de 1982 sur le Canada (R-U), 1982, c 11.
76 The court heard the appeal on 20 April 2021 and reserved judgment.
77 RSO 1990, c R.5.
78 CJPTA (BC), supra note 1, s 3(b) (submission during the course of the proceeding), s 10(a) (presumption of real and substantial connection if the proceeding concerns rights in property in British Columbia), s 10(k) (presumption of real and substantial connection if the proceeding is for enforcement of a judgment of a court made in our outside British Columbia).
79 SBC 2011, c 25 [FLA].
80 Ibid, s 74(1)(a).
81 Ibid, s 74(1)(b) (only the statutory criteria that are material here are noted).
82 Divorce Act, supra note 52, s 22(1). At the time of the decision, the criterion was “ordinarily resident.” It has since been amended to “habitually resident.” An Act to Amend the Divorce Act, the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act and the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act, SC 2019, c 16, s 18 (in force 1 July 2020).
83 FLA, supra note 79, s 76(1)(b).
84 RSC 1985, c B-3.
85 Ibid, s 272(1) ([i]f an order recognizing a foreign proceeding is made, the [Canadian] court may . . . , if the court is satisfied that it is necessary for the protection of the debtor’s property or the interests of a creditor or creditors, make any order that it considers appropriate”).
86 Established by Pro Swing Inc v Elta Golf Inc, 2006 SCC 52.
87 As set out in RJR-MacDonald Inc v Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 SCR 311, 111 DLR (4th) 385.
88 RSA 2000, c G-11, s 3.
89 2020 MBQB 62.
90 Under the Workers’ Compensation Act, RSA 2000, c W-15.
91 Ibid.
92 (2017), online: Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada <awcbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IJ-Consolidated-Agreement-2017.pdf>.
93 Tolofson v Jensen, [1994] 3 SCR 1022, 120 DLR (4th) 289.
95 Divorce Act, supra note 52, s 22(3).
96 2020 BCSC 1341 (Master).
97 SA 2010, c W-12.2, ss 1(1)(a), 61(1)(b)(i). The deceased also had a son from an earlier relationship.
98 Droit de la famille — 19882, 2019 QCCS 2008, noté dans Joost Blom, “Jurisprudence canadienne en matière de droit international privé en 2019” (2019) 57 ACDI 593 à la p 635.
99 Domestic Relations Law, Cons L NY, § 236(B)(5).