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The Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed an amended tort claim as statute barred, holding the limitation period had run under BC law and the result was unchanged under the New Act.
The court held it had jurisdiction over an internet defamation claim against Twitter and refused to stay the case in favour of California.
The court stayed a BC insurance and wrongful-death dispute against Anna James, finding Manitoba was the clearly more appropriate forum under the CJPTA.
The Supreme Court of Canada confirmed Ontario had jurisdiction over an internet defamation claim, but stayed the action because Israel was the clearer forum.
The court held Alberta’s Limitations Act governed an Alberta lawyer negligence claim and barred the action because the alleged omissions occurred in 2000 and the 10-year ultimate limitation had expired.
The court held Saskatchewan’s Automobile Accident Insurance Act remains substantive law, so it applies in British Columbia and the plaintiff’s declaration was dismissed.
La Cour suprême confirme la compétence de l’Ontario dans une action en diffamation liée au livre Noir Canada et refuse de suspendre l’instance pour forum non conveniens.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that Ontario could hear Conrad Black’s libel actions because publication and republication in Ontario created jurisdiction, and Illinois was not a clearly better forum.
WCAT correctly applied s.27 to hold that the respondents validly elected to be compensated according to Newfoundland law, which includes the right to sue in tort; s.28 did not bar the action once that election was made and the appellate standard of deference required upholding WCAT's reasonable interpretation; appeal dismissed.
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Wyoming Rule 3(b) is integral to the Wyoming statute of limitations and therefore forms part of the substantive law of the lex loci delicti; applying that rule the plaintiff's action was not commenced within Wyoming's limitation period and is barred; no exceptional injustice justified displacing lex loci delicti, so the defendants' application to strike succeeds.
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