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Taking the Show on the Road: Class Action Judges Can Sit Outside their Province

The Supreme Court of Canada held in Endean v. British Columbia that superior court judges in British Columbia and Ontario have broad statutory...

Consumer Class Actions in respect of Pricing Disclosure: The Québec Superior Court Refuses to Certify a “Drip Pricing” Class Action in Quebec

There have been a number of recent class actions commenced in Canada relating to pricing disclosure – and in particular, the alleged practice of...

Court Reiterates Threshold for Settlement Approval: Class Counsel Must Lead Substantive Evidence on the Reasonableness of the Settlement

In a recent decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Justice Belobaba reiterated the need for parties seeking court approval of a...

BC Court Refuses to Certify Smart Meter Radio Emissions Class Action

The BC Supreme Court’s recent refusal to certify a class action in Davis v British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority re-affirms that although the...

Fighting On Many Fronts: Court Allows Individual Action To Proceed Alongside Class Actions

In Crider v Nguyen, 2016 ONSC 4400, Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court recently dismissed a motion by Zimmer, the manufacturer of a hip...

Ontario Superior Court Dismisses Intervention Motion in Respect of Distribution of Approved Settlement

In his April 21, 2016 decision in Parsons v. The Canadian Red Cross Society, Justice Perrell of the Ontario Superior Court refused to allow an...

Take Two: Aggregate Damages Award Upheld at Ontario Court of Appeal

In our previous blog post in 2014, we had reported the Ontario Superior Court in Ramdath v George Brown College had granted the first award of...