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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 July 22, 2016

Defendants Sidelined in Third Party Funding Motion

Justice Perell’s July 7, 2016 decision in Berg v. Canadian Hockey League is the most recent development in the evolving law surrounding the role of...

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Blog July 14, 2016

No More Kicks at the Discovery Can: Motion to Examine CEO Second Witnesses Denied

On July 5, 2016, Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court released a decision in Fischer v IG Investment Management Ltd., which (among other...

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Blog July 5, 2016

Whoa…Not so Fast…Emerging Limits on the Certification of Privacy Class Actions

Canadian courts have generally adopted a liberal and purposive approach to class action certification, and this approach has applied equally to the...

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Blog June 30, 2016

Will A Big Cost Award in a Securities Class Action Change Reasonable Expectations for All?

Justice Strathy, now the Chief Justice of Ontario, recently awarded plaintiffs more than $2.679 million in costs for their motion for certification...

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Blog June 23, 2016

Balancing Access to Justice and Judicial Efficiency in Carriage Decisions

As we have discussed before, Canadian courts are grappling with a number of considerations involved in multijurisdictional class actions. Justice...

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Blog June 9, 2016

Pre-Certification Right to Cross-Examination Across Canada

The recent British Columbia Supreme Court case Cantlie v Canadian Heating Products Inc. highlights procedural differences across Canadian...

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Blog May 31, 2016

Attempt To Revive Failed Certification Fails

What happens when a change in the law arguably gives fresh life to a previously failed certification motion? Justice Perell reminds us in the latest...

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Blog May 27, 2016

Avoiding Settlement Stumbling Blocks, Part Two: Continuing Concerns Over “Sweetheart” Deals

In an earlier post from February, we wrote about the decision in Leslie v. Agnico-Eagle Mines, where Justice Belobaba’s expressed significant...

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Blog May 19, 2016

Court Clarifies Underwriters’ Exposure to Securities Act Claims

In his April 27, 2016 judgment in LBP Holdings v Allied Nevada Gold Corp., Justice Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice refused to add...

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Blog May 12, 2016

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...

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