What is the current state of the law in Canada when a contract states that a particular law governs the contract?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from S.L.D. v. W.A.D., 2016 BCSC 616 (CanLII):
In Humble v. MacKay, 2012 BCSC 1285, at para. 11, Koenigsberg J. stated that, where parties to a contract have expressly indicated that a particular law governs the contract, the general rule is that the courts will respect the parties’ choice, provided that the choice is: (1) bona fide, (2) legal, and (3) there are no public policy grounds for which the chosen law should not be applied.
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