Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya,

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeWagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah
Citation2020 SCC 5
Date28 February 2020
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Docket Number37919
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231 practice notes
  • International Air Transport Association v. Canada (Transportation Agency), 2024 SCC 30
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 4, 2024
    ...(Botswana/Namibia), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 1999, p. 1045; Hunt v. T&N plc, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 289; Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 166; Turp v. Canada (Foreign Affairs), 2018 FCA 133, [2019] 1 F.C.R. 198; Suresh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immi......
  • R v McGregor,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 17, 2023
    ...401, [2009] 4 F.C.R. 149; Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817; Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 166; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653; R. v. Henry, 2005 SCC 76,......
  • International Air Transport Association v. Canadian Transportation Agency, 2022 FCA 211
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • December 6, 2022
    ...and of treaties that have been ratified and implemented in Canadian law. As the Supreme Court recognized in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5 (at paras. 94-98), customary international law is to be treated as the law of Canada, and as such must be judicially noticed without the nee......
  • R. v. McGregor,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 17, 2023
    ...401, [2009] 4 F.C.R. 149; Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817; Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 166; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653; R. v. Henry, 2005 SCC 76,......
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  • International Air Transport Association v. Canada (Transportation Agency),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 4, 2024
    ...(Botswana/Namibia), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 1999, p. 1045; Hunt v. T&N plc, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 289; Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 166; Turp v. Canada (Foreign Affairs), 2018 FCA 133, [2019] 1 F.C.R. 198; Suresh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immi......
  • R v McGregor,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 17, 2023
    ...401, [2009] 4 F.C.R. 149; Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817; Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 166; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653; R. v. Henry, 2005 SCC 76,......
  • International Air Transport Association v. Canadian Transportation Agency,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • December 6, 2022
    ...and of treaties that have been ratified and implemented in Canadian law. As the Supreme Court recognized in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5 (at paras. 94-98), customary international law is to be treated as the law of Canada, and as such must be judicially noticed without the nee......
  • R. v. McGregor,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 17, 2023
    ...401, [2009] 4 F.C.R. 149; Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817; Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 166; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653; R. v. Henry, 2005 SCC 76,......
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  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 14 ' 18, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 29, 2023
    ...2005 SCC 69, Mitchell v M.N.R., 2001 SCC 33, Restoule v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONCA 779, Nevsun Resources Ltd. v Araya, 2020 SCC 5, Doucet-Boudreau v Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), 2003 SCC 62, Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 SCC 14, R v Mar......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 3 - 7, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 12, 2023
    ...v. Scalera, 2000 SCC 24, Caplan v. Atas, 2021 ONSC 670, Alberta Health Services v. Johnston, 2023 ABKB 209, Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5, Barker v. Barker, 2022 ONCA 567, Barker v. Barker, 2020 ONSC 3746, Prinzo v. Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care (2002), 60 O.R. (3d) 474 (C......
  • B.C. Court Of Appeal Declines To Recognize New Tort Of "Blacklisting"
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 21, 2021
    ...BCCA 36, at para. 32. 5. FORCOMP, at para. 60. 6. See, e.g., Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71, at para. 40; Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5, at paras. 148, 225-27, 246, 256, 262, per Brown and Rowe JJ. (dissenting in part); Atlantic Lottery Corp. Inc. v. Babstock, 2020 SCC 19, at pa......
  • B.C. Court Of Appeal Declines To Recognize New Tort Of "Blacklisting"
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 21, 2021
    ...BCCA 36, at para. 32. 5. FORCOMP, at para. 60. 6. See, e.g., Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71, at para. 40; Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5, at paras. 148, 225-27, 246, 256, 262, per Brown and Rowe JJ. (dissenting in part); Atlantic Lottery Corp. Inc. v. Babstock, 2020 SCC 19, at pa......
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39 books & journal articles
  • Sources of International Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books International Law, Doctrine, Practice, and Theory - Third edition Part I
    • September 1, 2022
    ...the Court attempted to clarify its position on the reception of customary international law in Canadian law: Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya , 2020 SCC 5 [The appellant, Nevsun Resources, then a Canadian company, beneicially owned a mine in Eritrea. The respondents were Eritrean workers who cl......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law. Canadian Perspectives Part VI. Inter-State Cooperation and Enforcement
    • September 12, 2023
    ...v Canada ( Justice), 2010 SCC 56 .................................................................... 78 Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya, 2020 SCC 5 ....................................................80, 91, 187 New York Central and Hudson River Railway Co v United States, 212 US 481 (1909) .......
  • Notes
    • Canada
    • Understanding Canada Drafting, Interpreting, and Applying Legislation Part Two. Interpreting and Applying Legislation
    • August 22, 2023
    ...Custom Adoption Recognition Act , SNWT 1994, c 26. DRAFTING, INTERPRETING, AND APPLYING LEGISLATION 62 Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya , 2020 SCC 5 at paras 86 and 95. 63 Ibid at para 77. 64 See, for example, the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act , SC 2019, c 1, s 50(1). 65 United Na......
  • Introduction
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 17-1, August 2021
    • August 1, 2021
    ...class action system actually functions, which creates a fundamental flaw in the system. 33 34 35 36 37 Ibid. Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya, 2020 SCC 5 at para 3 [Nevsun]. Ibid at para 18. Araya v Nevsun Resources Ltd, 2016 BCSC 1856 at paras 24 and 258. Hollick, above note 2 at para The C a ......
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