Supreme Court holds that environmental clean-up orders may be compromised under the CCAA, depending on the facts

After reserving judgment for more than a year, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has released its decision in the matter of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater Inc., et al [1].

Filed under:
Canada, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fasken, NAFTA, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 1933 (Canada), Supreme Court of Canada, Quebec Court of Appeal
Authors:
R. Graham Phoenix , André Durocher
Location:
Canada
Firm:
Fasken