contract enforcement

Contract assigned to Hydro-Québec authorizes them to collect fees from Resolute FP Canada in Resolute FP Canada v Hydro-Québec

When a contract was signed almost 100 years ago and the original parties have been amalgamated into or become new entities, who are the parties to that contract, and can they act on it? In a nutshell, this is what was at issue in Resolute FP Canada Inc v Hydro-Québec, 2020 SCC 43 [Resolute v […]

Jedfro Investments v Jacyk: Commercial Certainty Maintained

Before 2007 fades too quickly in the rearview mirror, there is still time to stop and briefly visit the last Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") decision of the previous year. On Dec. 20, 2007, the SCC released their unanimous decision in Jedfro Investments (USA) Ltd v Jacyk, 2007 SCC 55. We first looked at this case […]