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Supreme Court of Canada Duty of Honest Performance

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La Cour suprême du Canada reconnaît l’obligation de bonne foi dans l’exercice d’un pouvoir discrétionnaire contractuel

Dans l’arrêt qu’elle a rendu dans l’affaire Wastech Services Ltd. c. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage (l’« affaire Wastech »), la Cour suprême du Canada (la « Cour suprême ») a reconnu l’obligation générale d’exercer...more

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Supreme Court of Canada Recognizes Duty of Good Faith in Exercise of Contractual Discretion

In Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage (Wastech), the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recognized a general duty to exercise contractual discretion in good faith. This bulletin summarizes the SCC’s...more

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Supreme Court of Canada Expands Duty of Honest Performance in Contract

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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently issued a decision expanding the duty of honest performance, which applies to parties to all contracts, by holding that they cannot knowingly deceive one another about matters...more

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Callow and the Duty of Honest Contractual Performance: What You Need to Know

In C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) held that a group of condominium corporations was liable for breaching their duty of honest contractual performance when they knowingly misled a maintenance...more

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Supreme Court of Canada to Revisit Bhasin and Contractual Parties' Duty of Good Faith

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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently granted leave to appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal's decision in Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District v Wastech Services Ltd., 2019 BCCA 66. The case...more

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Appeal Puts Faith to the Test: Court Grants Appeal from Arbitral Award on Scope of Contractual Duty of Honest Performance

The British Columbia Supreme Court has recently granted leave to appeal from an arbitrator’s award that applied a broad notion of the doctrine of good faith in the performance of a contract. As the court noted, the issues...more

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