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Craig Lockwood

Partner, Disputes, Toronto

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In Canadian Class Action Defence, we provide timely, reliable and practical information about defending national and international class actions involving Canadian courts. We share strategic insights on preventing, preparing for, managing and resolving cross-border class actions, both nationally and internationally, using specific cases or developments as the springboard for our discussion. Since Canada does not have a mechanism to centralize class actions brought in different provinces on behalf of the same class (unlike U.S. MDL), managing overlapping class actions in Canadian jurisdictions poses some unique challenges. In this blog, we consider how best to manage these challenges as well as highlighting the differences between jurisdictions.

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Blog October 12, 2017

In memoriam Keatley Surveying: A retrospective on lessons learned

After seven years of litigation, Keatley Surveying Ltd. v. Teranet Inc. is no more (unless the plaintiff attains leave to appeal to the Supreme Court...

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Blog October 5, 2017

Standard form contracts: B.C. court confirms preferability of class proceeding

In considering a proposed class action by individuals from the United Arab Emirates who had been recruited as candidates for employment in...

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Blog September 25, 2017

Too many men on the ice – court imposes cost consequences on “over-pleaded” class action

Justice Perell’s costs decision in Berg v. Canadian Hockey League, 2017 ONSC 5382 is a stern warning that, in certification motions,...

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Blog September 21, 2017

“Who did I make a deal with?” – the sequel: Québec Court of Appeal confirms authorization of a consumer class action for false representations against a franchisor

On November 17, 2016, we published a blog post on a Superior Court of Québec judgment that authorized a consumer class action against, among others,...

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Blog September 5, 2017

Don’t throw away your shot: BC court confirms parties can’t relitigate claims

When advancing a claim, litigants have only one shot, so they need to put their best foot forward. That is the takeaway from the British Columbia...

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Blog August 24, 2017

Court of Appeal provides guidance on aggregate damages for loss of chance

Can damages be awarded on a class-wide basis for a lost opportunity to negotiate a better deal? If so, how will courts quantify the aggregate damages...

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Blog August 17, 2017

Ontario Court says auditor is liable to “its client’s clients” for investment losses

In the recent decision of Lavender v. Miller Bernstein, Justice Belobaba writing for the Ontario Superior Court found an auditor liable for the...

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Blog August 10, 2017

Common issues not remotely common? Two appeals courts disagree

Hodge v. Neinstein is an interesting case that we have written about a number of times over the past few years. The action involves a representative...

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Blog August 3, 2017

Cy-près funds are not for individual class members’ benefit, finds Ontario Court

In cases where it is not possible or practical to give all of the money from a class action settlement directly to class members, or where funds are...

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Blog July 25, 2017

Ontario Court refuses to convert individual action into class proceeding

In its recent decision in Lou v London Life Insurance Company, 2017 ONSC 4188, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a motion to convert an...

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