Y ■Oi R ■o> A R B !,?f W LI ;LO A3 o L zN -CO KI S A L A R OBO -T™ PPRRIIVVAATTEE IINNTTEERRNNAATTIIOONNAALL LLAAWW SPRING TERM 2006 Prof. E. Morgan VOLUME I Storage K materials reproduced herein are for the use of students at the University of 7039 • M67 Toronto, and are not for commercial sale or use. 2006 v.l c.l urn BORA LAf ubrmy N'OV i 5 2005 FACULTY Of LA* V : - V-TV *• --- .VT„ PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW Syllabus - Spring Term 2006 PROFESSOR E. MORGAN Volume 1 I. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW A. The Revenue Rule Holman v. Johnson. 1 British Columbia v. Gilbertson... 5 Bullen v. United Kingdom... 9 U.S.A. v. Harden. 11 Weirv.Lohr...... 15 A.G. Canada v. R.J. Reynolds... 20 B. Public Policy and International Transactions U.S.A. v. Ivey... 50 Lemenda Ltd. v. African Middle East Co. 54 Banco do Brasil v. A. C. Israel Commodity Co. 61 Banco Frances E Brasileiro v. Doe. 64 Zeevi and Sons v. Grindlays Bank (Uganda). 68 Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraq Aii'ways Corporation 76 Boardwalk Regency Coip. V. Maalouf.. O i C. Comity and the Clash of Legal Systems United States v. Imperial Chemical Industries..... 83 British Nylon v. Imperial Chemical Industries..... 87 British Nylon v. Imperial Chemical Industries II.. 90 British Aii'ways v. Laker Aii'ways, Ltd. . 93 Laker Aii'ways v. Sabena, Belgian World Airlines 100 Re Sefel Geophysical Ltd. . 123 D. Jurisdiction to Prescribe B. C. Electric Railway v. The King. 130 Hunter Douglas Ltd. v. The Queen. 138 Royal Bank v. The King. 142 Re Ontario Securities Commission and Bennett. 148 Bennett v. B.C. Securities Commission... 150 McIntyre Porcupine Mines v. Hammond. 159 Hunt v. T & N Pic. 164 II. THE INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION CONTEXT A. Discovery Rights In re Application of Asta Medica. 169 Euromepa S.A. v. R. Esmerian, Inc. 175 John Deere Ltd. v. Sperry Coip. 181 In re Application of Bayer AG. 185 B. International Judicial Assistance Proietti v. Raisauda. 193 Simpson v. Vanderheiden. 195 Fecht v. Deloitte & Touche. 198 Somerset Pharmaceuticals v. Interpharm. 206 C. Blocking Statutes and Foreign Interests In re Uranium Antitrust Litigation.213 Rio Tinto Zinc Corp. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. 220 Gulf Oil Coip. v. Gulf Canada Ltd. .224 D. Foreign Compulsion and Bank Secrecy Societe Internationale v. Rogers. 233 United States v. Bank of Nova Scotia 1. 238 United States v. Bank of Nova Scotia II. 242 Spencer v. The Queen.248 Comaplex v. Schaffhauser Kantonalbank. 250 F. International Arbitrations Wilko v. Swan.253 Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co.260 Mitsubishi Motors Coip. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.266 Volume 2 in. muxLti-jurisdictional facts A. Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Tracomin S.A. v. Sudan Oil Seeds Co. .......275 Jacobs v. Beaver. 278 Gourmet Resources v. Paramount Capital ... 283 De Savoye v. MorguardInvestments Ltd. .... 288 Beals v. Saldanha... 293 Braintech, Inc. v. Kostiuk. 310 Schreterv. Gasmac Inc. 317 Pro Swing......... 327 B. Multiple Foreign Judgments Showlag v. Mansour.................. 330 Sutton v.Leib........ 334 C. Jurisdiction over Civil Claims Maharanee of Barodav. Wildenstein. 340 Moran v. Pyle National (Canada) Ltd. .... 345 MacDonald v. Lasnier ....... 350 Bouzari... 355 Spar Aerospace.......... 361 Harrington.. 365 In re Gaming Lotteiy Securities Litigation..... 374 McNamara v. Bre-X Minerals Ltd. ............ 385 D. Forum Non Conveniens Amchem Products v. W. C. Board... 390 Fiymer v. Brettschneider .... 399 Toronto Stock Exchange v. Quotron.. 411 Wismer.... 418 Hillger v. Philip Services Corporation..... 422 Derensis v. Coopers & Lybrand. . 430 E. Jurisdiction over Assets Mareva Compania v. Int’l Bulkcarriers.440 Republic of Haiti v. Duvalier. 442 Dervy> & Co. v. Weldon. 449 Aetna Financial Seivices v. Feigelman.455 Shaffer v. Heitner.468 F. Choice of Law in Contract Vita Foods v. Unus Shipping Co.483 Star Shipping v. China Nat’I For. Trade Co.488 Elter v. Kertesz. 491 Imperial Life Assurance Co. v. Colmenares. 498 Amin Rasheed Shipping Corp. v. Kuwait Ins. Co.503 Golden Acres v. Queensland Estates.511 Greenshields Inc. v. Johnston. 516 Regazzoni v. K.C. Sethia Ltd. . 519 G. Choice of Law in Tort Phillips v. Eyre. 528 McLean v. Pettigrew. 529 Tolofson v. Jensen. 533 Hanlan v. Semesky.557 Cooney v. Osgood Machinery. 561 H. The Substance/Procedure Distinction Hal Commodities Cycles v. Kirsh. 569 Int 7 Assn, of Science v. Hamza.571 Alberta Treasury Branches v. Granoff.576 Block Bros. Realty v. Mollard. 580 The Galaxias. 586 Clark v. Naqvi. 593 I. Choice of Law over Property Adams v. Clutterbuck.605 Potter v. Broken Hill Proprietor)’ Co. Ltd.. 607 British South Africa Co. v. Companhia de Mozambique. 612 Hesperites Hoptels v. Aegean Holidays.622 J. Renvoi Re Annesley.627 Vladi v. Vladi.629 American Motorists Ins. Co. v. ARTRA Group.640