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Application of “competence-competence” principle

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 18 2008

In a follow-up to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, the “competence-competence principle” was recently considered by the Quebec Superior Court in Placements G.N.P. Inc. et Gilles Lambert c. Chan Tai Kong Kuen (Claude Chan) et al

International investment issues

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • July 18 2007

On 11 June 2007, a tribunal constituted under the investor-state dispute settlement procedures of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Area) Chapter 11 ruled 2-1 against the United Parcel Service of America (“UPS”) in its long-running arbitration against Canada

Arbitration clauses, consumer contracts and class proceedings: the Canadian approach

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • August 2 2007

The limited Canadian case law dealing with the enforceability of mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts has been inconsistent, with courts in Ontario, British Columbia and Québec reaching somewhat different conclusions

Supreme Court decisions affect class actions, e-commerce and arbitrations

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • July 30 2007

The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decisions in Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs and Rogers Wireless Inc. v. Muroff directly address several areas of law that are important to Canadian business: class actions, e-commerce, arbitrations and consumer protection law

Supreme Court of Canada considers the right to class actions in the context of an arbitration agreement

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • August 28 2007

The Supreme Court of Canada recently rendered its much-anticipated decision in Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs (“Dell”), an appeal in which Ogilvy Renault acted for the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”), which was granted intervener status by the Court

Ensuring the efficacy of interim relief in aid of arbitration in Quebec

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • September 18 2007

Canada is one of the many jurisdictions that has adopted the 1985 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration

International arbitration developments: Canada strengthens investor protections

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, Global
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  • March 17 2008

Canada has just passed legislation implementing the ICSID Convention, a very important tool for the resolution of investor-state disputes

Online contracts and arbitration clauses Dell Computers v Union des Consommateurs

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • September 24 2007

The inclusion of an arbitration clause in a Canadian online contract through a hyperlink has been held to be valid in the recent case of Dell Computers Inc. v Union des Consommateurs

New protocol to the Canada-US Tax Treaty: binding arbitration

  • McMillan LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • October 26 2007

Most, if not all, of Canada’s tax treaties provide a mechanism for taxpayers to seek relief from double taxation when the tax authorities in each of the treaty jurisdictions seek to tax the same income or adopt mutually inconsistent positions relating to the taxation of the taxpayer

Using investment treaties to mitigate political risk

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, Global
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  • November 2 2007

Cross-border investments in emerging markets often engage political risk