STAYUTORY JURISDICTION AN ANALYSIS OF THE COURT JURISDICTION AND PROCEEDINGS TRANSFER ACTPDF电子书下载

1 Introduction 1

2 History and Development 5

1. Introduction 5

2. Links to Reforming the Law on Enforcement of Judgments 7

3. Influence of the Horn Study 13

（a） The General Approach to Jurisdiction 14

（b） Jurisdiction in Service Ex Juris Cases 17

（c） Forunm Non Conveniens and the Transfer of Proceedings 27

3 Provincial Implementation 29

1. Introduction 29

2. Implementation 30

（a） The CJPTA in the Legislatures 30

（b） A Legislative Chronology 31

（c） Changes to Civil Procedure Rules 33

3. Variations in Implementation 34

4. Activity in Provinces That Have Not Yet Passed a CJPTA 37

4 Definitions and Scope 40

1. Introduction 40

2. Definitions 40

（a） Person 40

（b） Plaintiff 41

（c） Proceeding 42

（d） Procedure 42

（e） State 43

（f） Subject Matter Competence and Territorial Competence 43

（g） Court 50

3. Scope of Part 2 52

4. Scope of the CJPTA Generally 59

5 Territorial Competence： Submission and Residence 61

1. Introduction 61

2. Section 3（a）： Counterclaims 61

3. Section 3（b）： Submission by Conduct 62

4. Section 3（c）： Submission by Agreement 65

5. Section 3（d）： Ordinary Residence 67

6. Establishing Ordinary Residence 73

（a） The Temporal Factor 73

（b） Ordinary Residence of Natural Persons 75

（c） Section 7： Ordinary Residence of Corporations 76

ⅰ Introduction 76

ⅱ Registered office 77

ⅲ Registered address for service or nominated agent for service 78

ⅳ Confusion between registered office and registering an address for service 80

ⅴ Place of business in the province 82

ⅵ Central management 83

（d） Section 8： Ordinary Residence of Partnerships 84

（e） Section 9： Ordinary Residence of Unincorporated Associations 88

6 Territorial Competence： Real and Substantial Connection 89

1. Introduction 89

2. A Presumed Real and Substantial Connection 92

（a） Property Claims 94

（b） Estate Administration 97

（c） Deeds，Wills，Contracts or Other Instruments Concerning Property 99

（d） Proceedings against Trustees 101

（e） Contract Claims 103

ⅰ Contractual obligations performed in the province 106

ⅱ Contracts governed by the law of the forum 109

ⅲ Consumer contracts 110

（f） Restitutionary Claims 111

（g） Tort Claims 116

（h） Claims Concerning a Business 122

（i） Injunctions 127

（j） Proceedings to Determine Personal Status or Capacity 131

（k） Enforcement of Judgments 132

（l） Claims Brought by the Crown or a Local Authority 133

3. A Real and Substantial Connection in the Absence of Presumptions 134

（a） The Framework for Analysis 136

ⅰ The Muscutt factors 136

ⅱ Factual connections 140

ⅲ Other approaches 143

ⅳ Presumptive connecting factors 144

（b） Comments on the Framework 145

4. Rebutting the Presumption 146

（a） Confusion about Rebutting the Presumption 147

（b） Strength of the Presumption 150

（c） Analytical Framework 151

5. Class Actions 152

7 Territorial Competence： Residual Discretion and Other Bases 154

1. Introduction 154

2. Section 6： Residual Discretion 154

（a） Introduction 154

（b） Origins and Purpose 155

（c） Interpretive Questions 164

（d） The Case Law 170

（e） Forum of Necessity in Saskatchewan 174

（f） Constitutional Considerations 177

3. Proceedings with No Nominate Defendant 185

4. Proceedings against a Vessel 186

8 Discretion as to the Exercise of Territorial Competence 190

1. Introduction 190

2. Procedural Issues 192

（a） Onus of Proof 192

（b）Attornment 194

3. Framework for the Analysis 195

4. Factors to Consider 198

（a） Comparative Convenience and Expense 198

（b） The Applicable Law 199

（c） Avoiding Multiplicity of Proceedings 200

（d） Avoiding Conflicting Decisions 201

（e） The Enforcement of an Eventual Judgment 202

（f） The Fair and Efficient Working of the Canadian Legal System 204

（g） Other Factors 207

ⅰ Jurisdiction clauses 207

ⅱ Juridical advantage 211

ⅲ Comity 212

5. Relationship with Other Statutes 213

9 Transfer of Proceedings 214

1.Introduction 214

2. Antipodean and American Antecedents 218

3. Requesting and Receiving the Transfer of a Proceeding 222

（a） Introduction 222

（b） Requesting a Transfer 222

ⅰ Initiating a transfer request 222

ⅱ Transfers where the initial court is competent 224

ⅲ Transfers where the initial court lacks competence 230

ⅳ Equivocation as to whether s.14（l） or s.14（2） applies 233

ⅴ Matters pertinent to all transfer requests 233

（c） Accepting a Transfer Request 235

（d） Transfers Involving Non-CJPTA Jurisdictions 237

（e） Transfer of Only Part of a Proceeding 242

4. Effect of a Transfer 243

（a） Introduction 243

（b） Terms，Conditions and Return 244

（c） Limitation Periods 246

5. A Note on Constitutionality 247

10 Impact in Other Provinces 250

1. Introduction 250

2. Bases for Jurisdiction 250

3. Real and Substantial Connection Analysis 252

（a） In Ontario 252

（b） In Other Provinces 258

4. Forum of Necessity 260

5. Staying Proceedings 261

6. The Future 263

Appendix A — Uniform Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act 264

Appendix BC-1 — Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act 288

Appendix BC-2 — British Columbia Supreme Court Civil Rules 298

Appendix NS-1 — An Act Respecting Court Jurisdiction and the Transfer of Court Proceedings 302

Appendix NS-2 — Nova Scotia Civil Procedure Rules 312

Appendix SK-1 — An Act respecting Court Jurisdiction and the Transfer of Court Proceedings 313

Appendix SK-2 — The Queen’s Bench Rules 323

INDEX 329