On November 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered three decisions on the application of the the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, RSC 1985, c. B-3 (BIA) and its interaction with certain provincial statutes.

OVERVIEW OF THE FACTS

Le 14 novembre 2015, la Cour suprême du Canada a rendu trois arrêts portant sur l’application de la Loi sur la faillite et l'insolvabilité, L.R.C. 1985, c. B-3 (LFI) et son interaction avec certaines lois provinciales.

APERÇU DES FAITS

The Ontario Court of Appeal (Court) recently affirmed the decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Nortel Networks Corporation (Re) (Nortel),^[1] that the “interest stops” rule applies in proceedings unde

This Fall the Alberta Surface Rights Board (the “Board”) Panel issued its decision in Lemke v Petroglobe Inc, 2015 ABSRB 740. The Panel decided that it did not have authority to proceed with a claim by a landowner for unpaid compensation that had accrued before the date that the operator was assigned into bankruptcy.

UN | PÉTROLE ET GAZ

What do a car crash in Alberta, a delinquent farm mortgage in Saskatchewan and an unpaid highway toll ticket in Ontario have in common?

They all ended up in the Supreme Court of Canada.

Recent Developments

Introduction

Grant Forest Products Inc. v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2015 ONCA 570

On October 13, 2015, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (the “Court”) dismissed the so-called “interest stops rule” appeal in the Nortel matter,^[1] thereby confirming that the rule applies in proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (the “CCAA”). The Court’s decision also appears to eliminate any suggestion that the rule only applies to so-called “liquidating” CCAA proceedings.