Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporation

JurisdictionAlberta
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeThe Honourable Mr. Justice Frans Slatter,The Honourable Madam Justice Ritu Khullar,The Honourable Madam Justice Jolaine Antonio
Citation2020 ABCA 320
Docket Number1801-0226-AC
Date16 September 2020

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  • Remington Development Corporation v. Canadian Pacific Railway Company
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • July 2, 2025
    ...Court described the Hadley foreseeability inquiry as one test with two branches: Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2020 ABCA 320 at paras 57-59, 75. “The recoverable damages are those that would be in the reasonable contemplation of the parties at the time of contract. T......
  • Remington Development Corporation v Canadian Pacific Railway Company
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • October 20, 2022
    ...Agreement: Naylor-Group Inc v Ellis-Don Construction Ltd, 2001 SCC 58 at para 73; Dow-Chemical Canada ULC v Nova Chemicals Corporation, 2020 ABCA 320 at para 57; Jorna & Craig Inc v Chiasson, 2020 NSCA 42 at para 91-92; Houweling Nursersies Ltd v Fisons Western Corporation, (1988) 37 BC......
  • Earthco Soil Mixtures Inc. v. Pine Valley Enterprises Inc.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 31, 2024
    ...98; Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2020 ABCA 320, 17 Alta. L.R. (7th) 83; Reardon Smith Line Ltd. v. Hansen-Tangen, [1976] 3 All E.R. 570; Chabot v. Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. (1982), 39 ......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Competition Law and Policy
    • June 23, 2021
    ...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 (1992) ........................
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  • Earthco Soil Mixtures Inc. v. Pine Valley Enterprises Inc.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 31, 2024
    ...98; Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2020 ABCA 320, 17 Alta. L.R. (7th) 83; Reardon Smith Line Ltd. v. Hansen-Tangen, [1976] 3 All E.R. 570; Chabot v. Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. (1982), 39 ......
  • Remington Development Corporation v Canadian Pacific Railway Company
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • October 20, 2022
    ...Agreement: Naylor-Group Inc v Ellis-Don Construction Ltd, 2001 SCC 58 at para 73; Dow-Chemical Canada ULC v Nova Chemicals Corporation, 2020 ABCA 320 at para 57; Jorna & Craig Inc v Chiasson, 2020 NSCA 42 at para 91-92; Houweling Nursersies Ltd v Fisons Western Corporation, (1988) 37 BC......
  • Serinus Energy PLC v SysGen Solutions Group Ltd
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • November 7, 2023
    ...9 Exch 341, 156 ER 145 continue to govern damages for breach of contract. In Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2020 ABCA 320 at para 57 [Dow Chemical Canada], the Court of Appeal described it as ... Hadley v Baxendale (1854), 9 Exch 341, 156 ER 145 held that on a breach ......
  • Chatters Limited Partnership v. Chatters Deerfoot Meadows Limited
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 17, 2025
    ...citing Maguire v Northland Drug Co, 1935 CanLII 35 (SCC) at 418; Elsley at 927; Dow Chemical Canada ULC v NOVA Chemicals Corporations, 2020 ABCA 320 at para 147; Giacomodonato v PearTree Securities Inc, 2023 ONSC 3197 at para 235, aff’d 2024 ONCA 437. [43] Courts have recognized several bus......
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  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Competition Law and Policy
    • June 23, 2021
    ...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 (1992) ........................
  • Agreements Between Competitors
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Competition Law and Policy
    • June 23, 2021
    ...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 lexible test of “unreasonable” restraints under the Ame......