2015
Resolute Forest v. Canada
Resolute Forest Products Inc. v. Canada
(PCA Case No. 2016-13)
Canada
United States of America
Ownership of Laurentide paper mill.
Claims arising out of measures taken by the provincial Government in Nova Scotia and the Government of Canada, which allegedly discriminated in favour of the competitor’s Port Hawkesbury paper mill and resulted, among other damages, in the closing of claimant's Laurentide paper mill in October 2014.
Secondary: C - Manufacturing
17 - Manufacture of paper and paper products
UNCITRAL
PCA (Permanent Court of Arbitration)
Crawford, J. R. (replaced)
Cass, R. A.
Lévesque, C.
Hanotiau, B.
Decided in favour of State
163.70 mln USD
Data not available
National treatment
Fair and equitable treatment/Minimum standard of treatment, including denial of justice claims
Indirect expropriation
Fair and equitable treatment/Minimum standard of treatment, including denial of justice claims
Indirect expropriation
None - all claims dismissed at the merits stage
http://resolutefp.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=28238&item=135476
http://www.iareporter.com/articles/with-new-nafta-filing-quebec-based-forestry-company-hopes-that-canadas-new-government-and-its-quebec-native-prime-minister-will-respond-favorably-to-plight-of-shuttered-quebec-mill/ (requires subscription)
http://globaldocuments.morningstar.com/documentlibrary/Document/4ffb9347fcf2d6c7b2a2e68056065f1a.msdoc/original
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/resolute-sues-over-porthawkesbury-1.3385420
https://pcacases.com/web/view/142
http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/topics-domaines/disp-diff/resolute.aspx?lang=eng
https://www.iareporter.com/articles/analysis-in-lead-up-to-hearings-parties-trade-arguments-over-nafta-time-bar-meaning-of-treatment-and-whether-one-canadian-provinces-measure-can-relate-to/ (requires subscription)
https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/downloads/21058_Case_Report_ResoluteForest_v_Canada_Jurisdiction_2018.pdf
http://www.iareporter.com/articles/with-new-nafta-filing-quebec-based-forestry-company-hopes-that-canadas-new-government-and-its-quebec-native-prime-minister-will-respond-favorably-to-plight-of-shuttered-quebec-mill/ (requires subscription)
http://globaldocuments.morningstar.com/documentlibrary/Document/4ffb9347fcf2d6c7b2a2e68056065f1a.msdoc/original
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/resolute-sues-over-porthawkesbury-1.3385420
https://pcacases.com/web/view/142
http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/topics-domaines/disp-diff/resolute.aspx?lang=eng
https://www.iareporter.com/articles/analysis-in-lead-up-to-hearings-parties-trade-arguments-over-nafta-time-bar-meaning-of-treatment-and-whether-one-canadian-provinces-measure-can-relate-to/ (requires subscription)
https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/downloads/21058_Case_Report_ResoluteForest_v_Canada_Jurisdiction_2018.pdf