Dead End Survival, LLC v. Marhasin, 2019 ONSC 3453 (“Dead End Survival”) is yet another example of an Ontario Court recognizing and enforcing a default Judgment from a US District Court.…
Beware of what purports to be an exclusive jurisdiction clause. In this case, a dispute arose between the parties regarding an upstream oil and gas rights transaction in Iran. Forbes…
In the quest to satisfy a judgment or arbitral award rendered in one jurisdiction where the resulting debtor has no assets, global searches for the awarded compensation frequently ensue. Where…
In Airi v. Nagra, the Plaintiff commenced an action in Ontario to enforce a trial judgment from Vermont against the Defendant. The Plaintiff brought a motion for summary judgment, which was…
In a recent case before the Superior Court of Justice, Justice D.K. Gray found that the plaintiff was entitled to seek relief in Ontario on the basis of forum of…
Following the Supreme Court of Canada’s seminal case, Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc.,2006 SCC 52, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently enforced Texas injunctive relief and accompanying monetary judgments…
Further to my previous comment on this subject, “Principled Limitations on Access to Justice: the Last Installment to the Canadian Chapter on the Chevron Saga?” (posted, 22 June, 2018), I…
Few cases have gained more international notoriety than the globalized proceedings of a group of residents in the Oriente region of the Republic of Ecuador against Chevron Corporation, a sprawling…
In this fascinating case, Justice Dunphy of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismisses an application to enforce letters of request (letters rogatory) pursuant to the Ontario Evidence Act against The Windsor-Detroit…
In its seminal decision in Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17 (CanLII) the Supreme Court of Canada set out four factors, which if established, lead to a presumption that…