In Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. v. Lloyd’s Underwriters, 2009 SCC 11, the Supreme Court considered whether, in situations where proceedings on the same matter are commenced in both Canada and a foreign jurisdiction, the Canadian proceeding should be stayed once the foreign court asserts jurisdiction over the matter. TheCourt.ca staff writer Julian Ho has already [...]

Last Friday, the SCC delivered their decision in Teck Cominco Metals v. Lloyd’s Underwriter’s, 2009 SCC 11. The private international law decision dealt with Teck Cominco’s attempt to have proceedings in British Columbia stayed because of an assertion of jurisdiction over the same matter in a U.S. Court. In a unanimous decision penned by McLachlin [...]