CONFLICT OF LAWS C ()02 CASES AND MATERIALS "KF 410. Professor Janet Walker 0SGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL

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1 - 0SGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL CONFLICT OF LAWS 2002 CASES AND MATERIALS Professor Janet Walker For Student Use Only Nol for Commercial Sale "KF 410 C ()02

2 CONFLICT OF LAWS 2001 CASES AND MATERIALS Professor Janet Walker,"'I Introduction Beals v Saldanha Constitution Act/Courts of Justice Act..., Taking Jurisdiction PART I - JURISDICTION (a) Consent (b) Presence (i) Agreement Mackender v Feldia AG Rudder v Microsoft Corp Underwriters at Loyds' Mauran Brussels Regulation - Article (ii) Attornment Gourmet Resources International Inc. (Trustee of) v Paramount Capital Corp Roglass Consultants v Kennedy Dovenmuehle v Rocca Group Brussels Regulation - Articles (i) Individuals Maharanee of Baroda v Wildenstein Burhnam v Superior Court (ii) Corporations Adams v Cape Industries plc UK Companies Act 1985, s. 694A (iii) Assets SDI Simulation Group Inc. v Chameleon Technologies Inc Torte} Communications Inc. v Suntel, Inc. (Assets) (iii) Alternatives to Presence (Domicile/Residence) Brussels Regulation - Articles ( c) Real and Substantial Connection Rule 17 - Service Outside Ontario Moran v Pyle National (Canada) Ltd Diamond v Bank of London & Montreal Ltd... ' (d) Codifications Brussels Regulation - Articles Quebec Civil Code: Book Ten Uniform Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act: Part

3 2. Determining Appropriate Forum (a) Exclusive Jurisdiction Duke v Andler Brussels Regulation - Articles 22, Voyage Co Industries v Craster Compensation (Prohibition of Foreign Legal Proceedings) Act 1995 (PPNG) Quebec Civil Code, Arts 3129, (b) Stays, Injunctions and Negative Declarations (i) The Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens Amchem Products Inc. v British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board) Spiliada Maritime Corp. v Cansulex Ltd Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale v Lee Kui Juk (ii) The Burden of Proof in Stays Frymer v Brettschneider (iii) Personal or Juridical Advantage Jaffe v Dearing , Connelley v RTZ Corporation pie ~ 119 Lubbe v Cape Plc Oakley v Barry (iv) Jurisdiction Agreements and Injunctions The "Angelic Grace" (v) The Injunction Test Revisited Airbus lndustrie GIE v Patel (HL) Hudon v Geos Language Corporation Turner v Grovit (vi) Single Forum.Cases/Negative Declarations Midland Bank pie v Laker Aitways Ltd (c) Multiplicity Brussels Convention - Articles Canadian National Railway Co v Sydney Steel Corp BC Ltd v Thrifty Canada Westec Aerospace Inc v Raytheon Aircraft Co.... Leuven/London Principles ( d) Transfer of Proceedings 28 United States Code Service 1404, Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act, 1987 (Australia) Bankinvest AG v Seabrook Uniform Court Jurisdiction And Proceedings Transfer Act: Part (e) Interim Relief Brussels Convention - Article Aetna Financial Services Limited v Feigelman Republic of Haiti v Duvalier ' O United States of America v Friedland PART II - JUDGMENTS 1. The Conclusiveness of Foreign Judgments. '. Godard v Gray z. The Requirements for Recognition and Enforcement (a) Prima Facie Enforceability (i) Jurisdiction of the Issuing Court Schibsby v Westenholz Morguard Investments Ltd. v De Savoye Braintech, Inc v Kostiuk Moses v Shore Boat Builders Ltd (ii) Characteristics of an Enforceable Judgment Four Embarcadero Center Venture v Mr. Greenjeans Corp Uniforet Pate Port-Cartier v. Zerotech Technologies Inc Silverstar Properties Ltd. V. Veinotte : Beatty v Beatty Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Orders Act Children's Law Reform Act Komorychka v. Lee (b) Foreign public law exception United States of America v Ivey Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (c) Impeachment (i) Fraud Beals v Saldanha (ii) Natural Justice Servotech Lte v Hayward Burry Ltd. (iii) Public Policy Vervaeke (Formerly Messina) v Smith Boardwalk Regency Corp. v Maalouf... : Kidron v Grean Alternate Approaches/Federal and Regional Systems Quebec Civil Code: Book Ten Brussels Regulation - Preamble, Articles l, Constitution of the United States of America, Article IV, Amendments V, XIV International Shoe Co v. State of Washington Uniform Enforcement of Canadian Judgments Act

4 1. Choice of Law Methodology PART III- CHOICE OF LAW: GENERAL PRINCIPLES Macmillan Inc v Bishopsgate Investment Trust plc (No 3) Quebec Civil Code: Book Ten, Title One - General Provisions Babcock v Jackson Bernhard v Harrah's Club (ii) Evidence In re Cohn (iii) Remedies.... Stevens v. Head (c) Harmonization of the Law of Procedure American Law Institute, Transnational Rules of Civil Procedure 7. Foreign Public Law Proof of Foreign Law Amosin v Mercury Bell Bumper Development Corp. Ltd. v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Etier v Kertesz Pettkus v Becker Old North State Brewing Co v Newlands Services Inc Characterization/Incidental Question 4. Domicile Beaudoin v Trudel Agnew et Uxor v Gober et Vir Schwebel v. Ungar (or Schwebel) Quebec Civil Code: Book Ten, Title Two, Chapter I - Personal Status Winans v Attorney General Re Annesley Osvath-Latkoczy v Osvath-Latkoczy Patterson v Patterson WhitevTennant Family Law Act, RSO 1990, c F.3, ss. 64, , Renvoi and the Time Element 6. Substance and Procedure Re Annesley Re Ross Ross v Ross Vladi v Vladi Granot v Hersen Starkowski v AG (a) The Basic Rule Tolofson v. Jensen Phrantzes v. Argenti (b) Examples (i) Parties Hal Commodities Cycles Management v. Kirsh Public Policy 1. Torts 2. Contracts Laane v. Estonian Cargo & Passenger Steamship Line A-G (UK) v. Heinemann Publishers Australia Pty. Ltd..... United States of America v Levy.... United States (Securities and Exchange Commission) v Cosby.... Wende PART IV - CHOICE OF LAW - AREAS OF LAW Tolofson v Jensen.... Johnson v Coventry Churchill International Ltd Hanlan v Semesky.... WongvWei.... Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995: Part III.... Shevill v Presse Alliance SA... (a) Determining the Proper Law The Star Texas Imperial Life Assurance Co. of Canada v Colmenares Amin Rasheed Shipping Corporation v Kuwait Insuran c~.c~. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Quebec Civil Code: Articles "The Rome Convention", Articles 1-4, : ::::: : ::::: : : : : :::: ::::::::::: (b) Applying the Proper Law (i) Capacity Quebec Civil Code: Articles "The Rome Convention", Article Bondholders Securities Corp. v Manville (ii) Validity Quebec Civil Code: Articles "The Rome Convention", Articles 8-9. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Etier v Kertesz (iii) Special Kinds of Contracts Quebec Civil Code: Articles "The Rome Convention", Articles 5-7, 16. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : (iv) Harmonization of the Law of International Sales Contracts International Sale of Goods Act

5 3. Property 4. Succession Quebec Civil Code, Article (a) Immovables Godley v. Coles Landry v. Lachapelle (b) Movables Quebec Civil Code: Articles S Macmillan Inc v Bishopsgate Investment Trust plc (No 3) Personal Property Security Act (ss. 5-8) Re Adair Quebec Civil Code: Articles , (a) Administration Estates Administration Act Estates Act Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure (Rules 74.08, 74.09).... (b) Succession Succession Law Reform Act.... Re Yak Estate.... Allison v Allison 5. Family Law (a) Formal Validity Quebec Civil Code: Articles Berthiaume v. Dastous..., McCabe v. McCabe : (b) Essential Validity Ogden v Ogden (Otherwise Philip) Frew (otherwise Reed) v. Reed Marriage Act Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act Feiner v Demkowicz (falsely called Feiner) Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) v Narwal (c) Divorce and Ancillary Relief Quebec Civil Code: Articles , Divorce Act Family Law Act PART V - FEDERALISM Breavington v Godleman..... Stevens v Head Hunt v T&N pie Wilson v Servier Canada Inc and Biofarma SA