Conflict of Interest, Duress and Unconscionability in Quebec Civil Law: Comment on "The Origins of a Coming Crisis: Renewal of the'Churchill Falls Contract"

Authors

Sarah P. Bradley, Dalhousie University

Keywords

Churchill Falls, Hydro-Québec, Labrador Corporation, courts, Supreme Court of Canada, contracts, renewal provision, natural resources

Abstract

As Professor James Feehan and archivist-historian Melvin Baker describe the circumstances in which the fateful renewal provision of the 1969 Churchill Falls hydro contract was negotiated, they suggest that the legal doctrines of conflict of interest or economic duress might offer a basis upon which the contract, or perhaps the renewal provision, could be impugned. In addition to interesting historical insights, their analysis offers the intriguing possibility that the government of Newfoundland may yet succeed in its long-standing battle to rid itself of its obligations under the grossly disadvantageous Churchill Falls contract.

Recommended Citation

Sarah P. Bradley, "Conflict of Interest, Duress and Unconscionability in Quebec Civil Law: Comment on "The Origins of a Coming Crisis: Renewal of the'Churchill Falls Contract"" (2007) 30:1 Dal LJ 259.