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It’s a Global Village: the Supreme Court of Canada rules that the enforcement case of 30,000 Ecuadorian villagers may be heard by Ontario’s Courts
November 10, 2015
On September 4, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada released its long awaited judgment in Chevron Corp v. Yaiguaje, 2015 SCC 42. Justice Gascon, writing for a unanimous Supreme Court panel, permitted 30,000 Ecuadorian villagers to pursue the enforcement of their Ecuadorian Judgment against Chevron in Ontario. In coming to its conclusion, the Supreme Court