Does a Statement of Defence need to be delivered in the Superior Court of Justice?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Norex Petroleum Limited v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, 2008 ABQB 442 (CanLII):
In Stoymenoff v. Airtours plc (2001), 17 C.P.C. (5th) 387, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dealt with this issue expressly, saying at para. 20 that “[b]y delivering a Statement of Defence the defendant attorns to the jurisdiction of the court in which the Statement of Claim is issued.”
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