Dear Colleagues:

 

Congratulations go out to ODGers Angela Swan, Jakub Adamski, and Annie Y. Na on the recent publication of Canadian Contract Law, 4th Edition with LexisNexis: https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/categories/shop-by-jurisdiction/federal-13/canadian-contract-law-4th-edition-skusku-cad-00725/details.

 

Highlights of this new edition include:

 

• Discussion and analysis of recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions including Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp, 2014 SCC 53, [2014] 2 S.C.R 633, 373 D.L.R. (4th) 393; Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 494; Duez v. Facebook, Inc., 2017 SCC 33, at para. 137; Sabean v. Portage La Prairie Mutual Insurance Co., 2017 SCC 7, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 121
• New section about the Requirement for Delivery of a Contract
• Expanded section on the Repudiatory and Fundamental Breaches of Contracts
• New section on the Order of the Performance of Contractual Obligations
• Extensive updates on Interpretation and Risk Allocation includes aa discussion of interpretation, general concerns, a Canadian background and Canadian cases relating to contractual interpretation, the role of the Supreme Court, the standard of review, and the exclusionary rules in interpretation
• Discussion of a Tort Duty as outlined in Martel Building Ltd. v. Canada, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 860, 193 D.L.R. (4th) 1, [2000] S.C.J. No. 60 (S.C.C.), and by Nicholas Reynolds in "The New Neighbour Principle: Reasonable Expectations, Relationality, and Good Faith in Pre-Contractual Negotiations" (2017), 60 Can. Bus. L. J. 94

 

Happy Reading,

 

Jason Neyers
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
Western University
Law Building Rm 26
e. jneyers@uwo.ca
t. 519.661.2111 (x88435)