Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporation

JudgeRomaine
Docket Number0601 07921
Citation2018 ABQB 482
Date20 June 2018
CourtCourt of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)

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  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Competition Law and Policy
    • June 23, 2021
    ...Inc v Dispill Inc, 2013 FC 1043 ....................................................... 52 Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corp, 2018 ABQB 482, af’d, 2020 ABCA 320 ...............................................306, 349 Eastman Kodak Co v Image Technical Services, Inc, 504 US 451 (......
  • Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2020 ABCA 320
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • September 16, 2020
    ...from the Judgment by The Honourable Madam Justice B.E. Romaine Dated the 20th day of June, 2018 Filed on the 11th day of October, 2018 (2018 ABQB 482, Docket: 0601 _______________________________________________________ Memorandum of Judgment of the Majority ________________________________......
  • Agreements Between Competitors
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Competition Law and Policy
    • June 23, 2021
    ...The TDL Group Corp , 2012 ONSC 1252 at para 633, af’d on other grounds 2012 ONCA 867. 207 Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corp , 2018 ABQB 482 at paras 1415–16, af’d on this point, 2020 ABCA 320 [ Dow Chemical ]. 208 The context of the US jurisprudence, interpreting the broad and l......
  • Mohr v. National Hockey League,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • August 17, 2022
    ...of goods and services. [40] Section 45 has been considered by two courts: Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2018 ABQB 482, 17 Alta. L.R. (7th) 83 [Dow Chemical] and Latifi v. The TDL Group Corp., 2021 BCSC 2183, 2021 CarswellBC 3523 at paras. 72 and 73 [Latifi]. In both......
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  • Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2020 ABCA 320
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • September 16, 2020
    ...from the Judgment by The Honourable Madam Justice B.E. Romaine Dated the 20th day of June, 2018 Filed on the 11th day of October, 2018 (2018 ABQB 482, Docket: 0601 _______________________________________________________ Memorandum of Judgment of the Majority ________________________________......
  • Mohr v. National Hockey League
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • August 17, 2022
    ...of goods and services. [40] Section 45 has been considered by two courts: Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2018 ABQB 482, 17 Alta. L.R. (7th) 83 [Dow Chemical] and Latifi v. The TDL Group Corp., 2021 BCSC 2183, 2021 CarswellBC 3523 at paras. 72 and 73 [Latifi]. In both......
  • West Moberly First Nations v. British Columbia
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • October 24, 2018
    ...other than to prove the correctness of the opinion (at para. 19). For example, in Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2018 ABQB 482 at para. 385, Romaine J. held that while it was permissible for lay witnesses to explain what they did and why, there is no blanket exemptio......
  • Kuipers v NEP Ltd GP Inc.
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • May 6, 2025
    ...consequential loss. There is case law that deals with these types of exclusions. In Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2018 ABQB 482 ( Dow), rev'd in part, 2020 ABCA 321, Justice Romaine concluded at paragraph 1032 that: …the meaning of consequential losses is dependent u......
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5 firm's commentaries
  • Keeping The Faith — Five Years After Bhasin v Hrynew
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 22, 2019
    ...Network Inc. v Co-operators Life Insurance Company, 2018 SKQB 244 at para 186 9 Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2018 ABQB 482 at para 230. 10 Bhasin at para 70. 11 Bhasin at para 65 12 Styles v Alberta Investment Management Corporation, 2017 ABCA 1 13 Styles at para 51......
  • Dow Nova
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 13, 2018
    ...June 20, 2018 Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta decision in Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation (2018 ABQB 482) caused headlines as a result of the more than $1.3 billion damages award. The decision should also cause some reflection to operators on their duties to facility......
  • Consequential Consequences: Contractually Excluding Damages For Lost Profits
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 6, 2018
    ...clause always work to exclude recovery of any type of lost profit? As the recent Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2018 ABQB 482 case illustrates: not always. In summary, in some situations, if the claimed-for "lost profits" can be categorized as "direct damages" instea......
  • Consequential Consequences: Contractually Excluding Damages For Lost Profits
    • Canada
    • JD Supra Canada
    • July 6, 2018
    ...clause always work to exclude recovery of any type of lost profit? As the recent Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2018 ABQB 482 case illustrates: not always. In summary, in some situations, if the claimed-for “lost profits” can be categorized as “direct damages” instea......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Competition Law and Policy
    • June 23, 2021
    ...Inc v Dispill Inc, 2013 FC 1043 ....................................................... 52 Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corp, 2018 ABQB 482, af’d, 2020 ABCA 320 ...............................................306, 349 Eastman Kodak Co v Image Technical Services, Inc, 504 US 451 (......
  • Agreements Between Competitors
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Competition Law and Policy
    • June 23, 2021
    ...The TDL Group Corp , 2012 ONSC 1252 at para 633, af’d on other grounds 2012 ONCA 867. 207 Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corp , 2018 ABQB 482 at paras 1415–16, af’d on this point, 2020 ABCA 320 [ Dow Chemical ]. 208 The context of the US jurisprudence, interpreting the broad and l......