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Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of December 18, 2023.

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 4, 2023.

In AssessNet Inc. v. Ferro Estate, the Court set aside an order dismissing the action, finding that the summary judgment motion judge had erred in determining the issue of discoverability of a claim against a trustee in bankruptcy.

Torgersrud v Lightstone is a family law decision where the Court dismissed an appeal from an order setting aside a marriage contract entered into in Quebec in 1988.

Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 28, 2023.

I hope everyone is enjoying the last long weekend of the summer.

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General) is a 125-page decision dealing with the claim of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation to submerged lands in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. The claim was mostly unsuccessful.

在终审法院最新颁布的 Re Guy Kwok-hung Lam[2023] HKCFA 9突破性裁决中,终审法院驳回了该案的上诉,并且在判词中就专属管辖权条款(EJC)是否对提交破产呈请有影响这一棘手问题作出裁决,平息了长期对于相关议题的争论。

简而言之,终审法院认可上诉法院大多数法官对于本案的观点,认为一般来说,如果呈请债务的基础争议受制于专属管辖权条款,除非有其他反面因素存在(例如债务人破产的风险将会影响第三方、债务人的呈请以几乎无意义的争议为基础,或者发生滥用法律程序的情况等), 则法院应驳回该破产呈请。

终审法院在裁定中指出,当只有一名债权人提出破产呈请,而没有证据表明全体债权人都面临风险时,破产制度背后的公共政策因素的重要性则显着降低。

这一裁定反映了法院非常重视当事人自治的原则,以及当事人之间自由达成的协议。该判决将会对破产领域产生深远的影响,以及对处理清算及破产呈请中的仲裁条款产生涟漪效应。

In the latest ground breaking decision in Re Guy Kwok-hung Lam[2023] HKCFA 9, the Court of Final Appeal dismissed the appeal and laid to rest a long-standing debate on the vexing question concerning the impact, if any, exclusive jurisdiction clauses (EJCs) have on the presentation of bankruptcy petitions.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal for the week of April 24, 2023.