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Tolofson v Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022 is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on conflict of laws in tort. The Court held that the primary determiner in selecting a country's law in tort should be the lex loci (the location where the tort occurred). The case was decided with Lucas (Litigation guardian of) v Gagnon.

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  • Tolofson v Jensen (en)
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  • Tolofson v Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022 is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on conflict of laws in tort. The Court held that the primary determiner in selecting a country's law in tort should be the lex loci (the location where the tort occurred). The case was decided with Lucas (Litigation guardian of) v Gagnon. (en)
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  • Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ. (en)
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  • [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022, 120 D.L.R. 289, 100 B.C.L.R. 1, 77 O.A.C. 81, [1995] 1 W.W.R. 609 (en)
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  • La Forest J. (en)
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  • The proper law of a tort is the law of where the accident happened (en)
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  • Tolofson v Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022 is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on conflict of laws in tort. The Court held that the primary determiner in selecting a country's law in tort should be the lex loci (the location where the tort occurred). The case was decided with Lucas (Litigation guardian of) v Gagnon. (en)
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  • Tolofson v Jensen (en)
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  • Leroy Jensen and Roger Tolofson v. Kim Tolofson; Réjean Gagnon v. Tina Lucas and Justin Gagnon by their litigation guardian Heather Gagnon, Heather Gagnon personally, and Cyrille Lavoie (en)
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  • Tolofson and Gagnon appeals allowed. (en)
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