Tracy v. Iran (Information and Security)

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
Citation2017 ONCA 549
Docket NumberC62403,C62407,C62404,C62405,C62406
Date30 June 2017
Subject MatterINTERNATIONAL LAW,CONFLICT OF LAWS,STATUTES,PRACTICE

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26 practice notes
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books National Security Law. Second Edition Accountability
    • August 5, 2021
    ...FCJ No 165, 2007 FC 128 ................................................................ 539 Tracy v Iran (Information and Security), 2017 ONCA 549, leave to appeal denied, 2018 CanLII 12955 (SCC) .................................................. 242 Turp v Canada (Justice), 2012 FC 893 ........
  • The presumption of conformity with international law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Using International Law in Canadian Courts. Third Edition
    • January 10, 2024
    ...to exist: 250 Maxwell, above note 18 at 122–3. 251 Hape , above note 1 at para 53. See also Tracy v Iran (Information and Security) , 2017 ONCA 549 at paras 43, 45. 252 Németh , above note 1 at para 35, citing Schreiber , above note 186 at para 50. See also Daniels , above note 56 at 541. 2......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law. Canadian Perspectives Part VI. Inter-State Cooperation and Enforcement
    • September 12, 2023
    ...312 Tracy v Iran (Information and Security), 2017 ONCA 549 ..........................................155 Tracy v Iranian Minister of Information and Security, 2016 ONSC 3759 ....................155 Treacy v DPP, [1971] AC 537, 55 Cr App R 113 .............147, 150, 151, 153, 172, 175, 182, ......
  • Evidence, pleadings, and jurisdiction
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Using International Law in Canadian Courts. Third Edition
    • January 10, 2024
    ...Excedra , above note 176 at paras 35, 47, 52. 205 Tracy SC, above note 176 at para 156. 206 Ibid at para 157. 207 Tracy v Iran , 2017 ONCA 549 [ Tracy CA] at para 119. he phrase “best evidence” was also employed by Lord Sumner in Duf Development, above note 168 at 824. Using International L......
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12 cases
  • H.M.B. Holdings Ltd. v. Antigua and Barbuda
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 4, 2021
    ...101; Tracy (Litigation guardian of) v. Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, 2016 ONSC 3759, 400 D.L.R. (4th) 670, aff’d 2017 ONCA 549, 415 D.L.R. (4th) Statutes and Regulations Cited Administration of Justice Act, 1920 (U.K.), 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 81, s. 9(2......
  • The Estate of Arbabbahrami v. MSH International (Canada) Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • October 11, 2022
    ...listed as a foreign state sponsor of terrorism. As the Court of Appeal for Ontario explained in Tracy v. Iran (Information and Security), 2017 ONCA 549, 415 D.L.R. (4th) 314 , at para. A plain reading of the [Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act], together with the contemporaneous amendmen......
  • AssessNet Inc. v Ferro Estate
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • September 6, 2023
    ...enable courts to function more efficiently by deterring needless litigation”: see also Tracy v. Iran (Information and Security), 2017 ONCA 549, 415 D.L.R. (4th) 314, at para. 79, leave to appeal refused, [2017] S.C.C.A. No. DISPOSITION 58 For these reasons, I would allow the appeal, ......
  • International Air Transport Association et al. v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • October 19, 2020
    ...see, for example, Tracy v. Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, 2016 ONSC 3759, [2016] O.J. No. 3042 (Ont |S.C.J.), aff’d 2017 ONCA 549, leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada ref’d [2017] S.C.C.A. No. 359. [22] Similarly, in Najafi v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Pr......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 26 – June 30, 2017)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 13, 2017
    ...Inc., 2017 ONCA 0548 Keywords: Contracts, Employment Law, Class Proceedings, Summary Judgment Tracy v. Iran (Information and Security), 2017 ONCA 549 Keywords: Private International Law, Conflict of Laws, Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, Jurisdiction, Real and Substantial Connection, Beals......
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    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 26, 2017
    ...v. Gunawardena, 2017 ONCA 502 (Lauwers, Hourigan and Benotto JJ.A.), June 16, 2017 4. Tracy v. Iran (Information and Security), 2017 ONCA 549 (Hoy A.C.J.O., Blair and Hourigan JJ.A.), June 30, 2017 5. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Essex County v. Windsor (City), 2017 ONCA 555 (Ho......
11 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law. Canadian Perspectives Part VI. Inter-State Cooperation and Enforcement
    • September 12, 2023
    ...312 Tracy v Iran (Information and Security), 2017 ONCA 549 ..........................................155 Tracy v Iranian Minister of Information and Security, 2016 ONSC 3759 ....................155 Treacy v DPP, [1971] AC 537, 55 Cr App R 113 .............147, 150, 151, 153, 172, 175, 182, ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books National Security Law. Second Edition Accountability
    • August 5, 2021
    ...FCJ No 165, 2007 FC 128 ................................................................ 539 Tracy v Iran (Information and Security), 2017 ONCA 549, leave to appeal denied, 2018 CanLII 12955 (SCC) .................................................. 242 Turp v Canada (Justice), 2012 FC 893 ........
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Using International Law in Canadian Courts. Third Edition
    • January 10, 2024
    ...Tracy v Iran (Information and Security), 2016 ONSC 3759 ..................82, 87, 90 Tracy v Iran, 2017 ONCA 549 ..............................................................87, 160, 233 Using International Law in Canadian Courts 520 Turp v Canada (Foreign Afairs), 2018 FCA 133 .................
  • Evidence, pleadings, and jurisdiction
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Using International Law in Canadian Courts. Third Edition
    • January 10, 2024
    ...Excedra , above note 176 at paras 35, 47, 52. 205 Tracy SC, above note 176 at para 156. 206 Ibid at para 157. 207 Tracy v Iran , 2017 ONCA 549 [ Tracy CA] at para 119. he phrase “best evidence” was also employed by Lord Sumner in Duf Development, above note 168 at 824. Using International L......
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