Courts have power to grant injunctions against parties outside their jurisdiction

Sonny Ingram
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP January 10th, 2008

Late last spring, a unanimous Supreme Court of Canada affirmed that the provinces' Superior Courts have the jurisdiction to issue injunctions with purely extraterritorial effects. Full article

The letters rogatory that got away

Sonny Ingram
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP June 12th, 2007

Last fall, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned an order enforcing a request for international judicial assistance (also known as letters rogatory) that sought to compel a former executive of a Talisman Energy Inc. subsidiary to be deposed in a U.S. action. Full article

Hollywood studios successfully enforce breach of copyright judgment against Ontario website operator

Kenneth A. Dekker
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP April 12th, 2006

Citing the Internet's unique potential to cause harm anywhere and everywhere, Madam Justice Lax of Ontario's Superior Court of Justice enforced a New York District Court judgment earlier this month against the operators of Ontario-based websites that facilitated the illegal copying and downloading of movies. Full article

Foreign litigants beware

A single piece of paper can force you to litigate a foreign-based action in Ontario

Kenneth A. Dekker
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP November 14th, 2005

A Notice of Intent to Defend is the shortest of the pleadings that may be filed in an Ontario action and, in most cases, is of little consequence. Comprised of [...] Full article