Private International Law - Contractual Interpretation
. Savanta v. Hilditch
In Savanta v. Hilditch (Ont CA, 2022) the Court of Appeal considered contractual language that attempts to establish exclusive jurisdiction in assigning international venue:
[5] The motion judge found that the clause was ambiguous and, thus, could not confer exclusive jurisdiction on Massachusetts. She concluded that the wording of the clause did not meet the standard of “clear and express language … required to confer exclusive jurisdiction”: Sleep Number Corporation v. Maher Sign Products Inc., 2020 ONCA 95, at para. 7.
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