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41456

Huseyin Arslan v. Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi Anonim Sirketi

(Saskatchewan) (Civil) (By Leave)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2025-04-23 Close file on Leave
2025-04-17 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2025-04-17 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2025-04-17 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, Number CACV4216, 2024 SKCA 68, dated July 11, 2024, is dismissed with costs.
Dismissed, with costs
2025-02-17 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2024-10-25 Certificate (on limitations to public access), Form 23A, (Printed version filed on 2024-10-25) Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi Anonim Sirketi
2024-10-25 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Completed on: 2024-10-25, (Printed version filed on 2024-10-25) Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi Anonim Sirketi
2024-09-26 Certificate (on limitations to public access), Form 23B, (Printed version filed on 2024-10-01) Huseyin Arslan
2024-09-26 Letter acknowledging receipt of an incomplete application for leave to appeal and without formal Court of Appeal order, File opened
2024-09-26 Notice of name, (Printed version filed on 2024-10-01) Huseyin Arslan
2024-09-26 Certificate (on limitations to public access), Form 23A, (Printed version due on 2024-10-04) Huseyin Arslan
2024-09-26 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Missing:
-CA order (draft order rec'd 2024-11-14; estimated date Nov 28, 2024) (rec'd 2024-11-20), Completed on: 2024-11-20, (Printed version filed on 2024-10-01)
Huseyin Arslan

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Arslan, Huseyin Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi Anonim Sirketi Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Arslan, Huseyin

Counsel
Names
Deron Kuski
Kevin Mellor
Contact information
MLT Aikins LLP
1874 Scarth Street, Suite 1500
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 4E9
Telephone: (306) 347-8404
FAX: (306) 352-5250
Email: dkuski@mltaikins.com

Party: Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi Anonim Sirketi

Counsel
Names
Michael W. Milani, Q.C.
William G. Lane
Contact information
McDougall Gauley LLP
1500-1881 Scarth Street
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 4K9
Telephone: (306) 757-1641
FAX: (306) 359-0785
Email: mmilani@mcdougallgauley.com
Agent
Name
Graham Ragan
Contact information
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
2600-160 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 786-8699
FAX: (613) 563-9869
Email: graham.ragan@gowlingwlg.com

Summary

Keywords

Private international law — Foreign judgments — Enforcement — Whether a foreign court’s refusal to hear a case on its merits due to the litigant’s failure to pay an exorbitant filing fee is contrary to Canadian notions of natural justice or fundamental justice — Whether the right of appeal includes consideration of the grounds of appeal on their merits — The Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, S.S. 2005, c. E-9.121, s. 4(f)

Summary

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Respondent Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi Anonim Sirketi (hereafter, “the bank”) is a Turkish commercial bank. The bank made loans to an investment business, and applicant Huseyin Arslan was a guarantor of those loans. When the investment business failed to repay the loans, the bank looked to the guarantors for payment and obtained a judgment against them.

After court proceedings in Turkey had been exhausted, the bank filed an originating application with the Court of King’s Bench of Saskatchewan, seeking to enforce the judgment pursuant to The Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, S.S. 2005, c. E-9.121.

The chambers judge granted the bank’s application to register the judgment. The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan dismissed Mr. Arslan’s appeal.

Lower court rulings

June 16, 2023
Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan

2023 SKKB 126

Application to register a foreign judgment granted

July 11, 2024
Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

2024 SKCA 68

Appeal dismissed

Filed documents

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Date modified: 2025-04-24