73. Desgagnés Transport Inc. v. Wärtsilä Canada Inc. 2019
Update: 2023-01-29
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Desgagnés Transport Inc. v. Wärtsilä Canada Inc.
Provincial contract law, not federal maritime law, applied to a contract for ship-engine parts, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Date: November 28, 2019
Neutral Citation: 2019 SCC 58
Breakdown of the decision:
- Majority: Justices Clément Gascon, Suzanne Côté, and Malcolm Rowe allowed the appeal (Justices Moldaver, Karakatsanis, and Martin agreed)
- Concurring: Chief Justice Wagner and Justice Russell Brown said the only real issue in this case was the contract, which falls under a provincial power, so Quebec contract law applied (Justice Abella agreed)
On appeal from the Court of Appeal of Quebec
Lower court rulings:
- Trial (Superior Court of Quebec)
- Appeal (Court of Appeal of Quebec) (some reasons in French)
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