Seminars & Conferences

As more and more Canadian business involve foreign trade, the Supreme Court of Canada has, in a series of decisions, reformed private international law for common law Canada. John D. Gregory,General Counsel, Policy Division, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario); the Honourable Michel Bastarache, C.C., Heenan Blaikie counsel and former judge of the Supreme Court of Canada; and Simon Chester and Charlotte Conlin, Heenan Blaikie partners, will discuss how the new law affects an electronic economy in which businesses can sell in places they have never heard of.

Topics of discussion will include:

• Adjudicating e-commerce disputes
• Taking evidence abroad
• Enforcing foreign judgments
• Choice of law
• Arbitration v. court-based litigation
• Consumer protection issues

Please click here to register. The event is being held on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 from 8:00 am to 9:00 am.

Credits - 1.0 Substantive Hour

• This program has been accredited by the Barreau du Québec for 1.0 hour of Continuing Legal Education credit.
• This program has been accredited by the Law Society of British Columbia for 1.0 hour of Continuing Professional Development credit.
• For Alberta lawyers, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual Continuing Professional Development Plan as required by the Law Society of Alberta.