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Supreme Court of Canada Defers to Adjudicators: Sattva Capital Corp v Creston Moly Corp

On August 1, 2014, Canada’s highest court released its reasons in Sattva Capital Corp v Creston Moly Corp, 2014 SCC 53, marking an end to a series of long and protracted proceedings intended to be confined to arbitration. The highlight of the decision was the Supreme Court of Canada’s (“SCC”) limitation on the circumstances when […]

Catalyst Paper Corp v North Cowichan: Reasonable Enough

Chief Justice McLachlin, for a unanimous Supreme Court of Canada (7-0), has confirmed (see [2012] 1 SCR 5) that Canada’s municipal councils are entitled to consider a wide range of factors when making a decision with respect to the make-up of a particular taxation bylaw. What’s more, McLachlin CJ makes it clear that a municipal […]