This paper discusses contract law issues including decisions of relevance to commercial lawyers and business leaders giving a snapshot of particular principles of interest that arose in case law over the past 12 months.
This Year's Topics Include:
- Rectification of contracts to meet tax planning objectives (and more generally) –the Supreme Court of Canada weighs in;
- Forum selection clauses – the strong cause test for their enforceability is modified,at least in a consumer contract setting;
- Arbitration clauses – what is the test for assessing their enforceability?
- Spotlight on releases – are there special interpretative principles applying to them?
- This year's boilerplate clause – "no suit" clauses; and
- Smart contracts and blockchain – what is all the buzz about?
Download here: Contract Law Update Developments of Note 2017
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