In 1994, in the case of Schmidt v Air Products Canada Ltd, [1994] 2 SCR 611 [Schmidt], the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") established a new direction for the law of pensions by holding that a pension trust is a classic trust, "subject to all applicable trust law principles." Commentators at the time argued that the […]
Editor's note: This entry inaugurates The Court's Top Court Talk column, a place where distinguished scholars, lawyers and librarians from around the world will report on developments at their "top courts" during the previous six months. It's appropriate that we begin with New Zealand, because the correspondents, Jack Hodder and Tim Smith, are indeed distinguished […]
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