Chateau Des Charmes Wines Ltd. v. Sabate USA Inc. et al., [2005] O.T.C. 936 (SCM)

• Court: Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
• Case Date: October 28, 2005
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: [2005] O.T.C. 936 (SCM)

Chateau Des Charmes v. Sabate USA, [2005] O.T.C. 936 (SCM)

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Temp. Cite: [2005] O.T.C. TBEd. NO.011

Chateau Des Charmes Wines Ltd. v. Sabate USA Inc. et al.

(Court File No. 03-CV-261424CM 3)

Indexed As: Chateau Des Charmes Wines Ltd. v. Sabate USA Inc. et al.

Court of Ontario

Superior Court of Justice

MacLeod, Master

October 28, 2005.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Conflict of Laws - Topic 7286

Contracts - Jurisdiction - Choice of forum by parties - See paragraphs 1 to 46.

Conflict of Laws - Topic 9281

Practice - Stay of proceedings - General - See paragraphs 1 to 46.

Cases Noticed:

Currie v. McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Ltd. et al. (2005), 195 O.A.C. 244 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 21, footnote 10].

Skyway Canada Ltd. v. Clara Industrial Services Ltd. et al., [2005] O.T.C. Uned. A50 (Sup. Ct. Master), refd to. [para. 25, footnote 11].

Beals v. Saldanha et al., [2003] 3 S.C.R. 416; 314 N.R. 209; 182 O.A.C. 201, refd to. [para. 25, footnote 12].

Eastern Power Ltd. v. Azienda Communale Energia and Ambiente (1999), 125 O.A.C. 54; 178 D.L.R.(4th) 409 (C.A.), leave to appeal dismissed (2000), 259 N.R. 198; 139 O.A.C. 397 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 27, footnote 13].

Kuhlkamp v. Apera Technologies Inc. et al. (2004), 188 O.A.C. 361 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 27, footnote 13].

Pompey (Z.I.) Industrie et al. v. Ecu-Line N.V. et al., [2003] 1 S.C.R. 450; 303 N.R. 201, refd to. [para. 27, footnote 14].

Shekhdar v. K&M Engineering and Consulting Corp. et al., [2004] O.T.C. Uned. 595; 71 O.R.(3d) 475 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 28, footnote 15].

Ash et al. v. Lloyd's Corp. et al. (1992), 60 O.A.C. 241; 9 O.R.(3d) 755 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 28, footnote 16].

DiPaolo Machine Works Ltd. v. Prestige Equipment Corp. (1996), 5 C.P.C.(4th) 175 (Ont. Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 28, footnote 16].

Mobile Mini Inc. v. Centreline Equipment Rentals Ltd. (2004), 190 O.A.C. 149 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 28, footnote 17].

Holo-Deck Adventures Ltd. v. Orbotron Inc. et al. (1996), 18 O.T.C. 265 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 28, footnote 17].

Banque Nationale de Paris (Canada) et al. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce et al. (2001), 145 O.A.C. 349; 52 O.R.(3d) 161 (C.A.), leave to appeal refused (2001), 284 N.R. 200; 158 O.A.C. 198 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 33, footnote 19].

Morse Typewriter Co. v. Cairns (1992), 7 C.P.C.(3d) 136 (Ont. Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 35, footnote 20].

D.S.V. Silo-Und Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH v. Ship Sennar (Owners), [1985] 1 W.L.R. 490; 61 N.R. 149 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 38, footnote 22].

Ship Sennar (No. 2), Re - see D.S.V. Silo-Und Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH v. Ship Sennar (Owners).

Authors and Works Noticed:

Cheshire, Geoffrey Chevalier, and North, Peter M., Private International Law (Rev. 12th Ed. 1992), pp. 374 to 376 [para. 37, footnote 21].

North, P.M., and Fawcett, J.J., Cheshire and North's Private International Law - see Cheshire, Geoffrey Chevalier, and North, Peter M., Private International Law.

Counsel:

John A. Olah, for the plaintiff;

Kevin A. Johnson, for the defendant, Sabate S.A.S.;

Diane Stortini, for the defendant, Sabate USA Inc.

This action was heard by MacLeod, Master, of the Ontario Superior Court. The following decision was endorsed on the record and released on October 28, 2005.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.