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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 April 20, 2017

Converting an individual action to a class proceeding

In a recent decision from the British Columbia Supreme Court, the Court considered an issue of first impression in that province; i.e., whether an...

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Blog April 13, 2017

Ontario court decertifies class action for lack of evidence of commonality

In a recent decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, a class action was decertified on the basis that the common issue as certified was not...

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Blog April 11, 2017

Court Approves US-Style Group Claim for Hate Speech

An Ontario court has found that while a class action for defamation and injury cannot be brought against individuals for promoting hate speech at the...

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Blog March 29, 2017

Alberta Court of Appeal affirms finality of class action settlements

The Alberta Court of Appeal recently affirmed the fundamental importance of finality in class actions, particularly the finality of settlement...

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Blog March 22, 2017

Court of Appeal upholds decision to put the brakes on the preferability of class actions

In upholding a decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia denying certification, the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Vaugeois v. Budget...

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Blog March 13, 2017

B.C. Court highlights challenges of certifying environmental class actions based in nuisance

The B.C. Court of Appeal in Baker v. Rendle, 2017 BCCA 72, dismissed an appeal from a lower court decision denying class certification of a private...

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Blog March 7, 2017

Are Authorization and Preliminary Hearings Still Relevant in Québec?

The Québec class action landscape has seen shifting trends lately regarding authorization and preliminary motions. Although the Québec Court of...

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Blog March 2, 2017

Recent Decision Increases Class Action Risk for Companies that Utilize Pre-Installed Software and Adware

In modern commerce, it is quite common for manufacturers and service providers to pre-install software on a consumer’s computer and mobile...

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Blog February 8, 2017

Saskatchewan Court of Appeal clarifies the role of out of province representative plaintiffs

In Ammazzini v Anglo American PLC, 2016 SKCA 164, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal clarified the rights of an out of province representative...

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Blog February 1, 2017

Divided Court of Appeal Certifies a “Global” Class Action

In Excalibur Special Opportunities LP v Schwartz Levitsky Feldman LLP, a majority of the Court of Appeal for Ontario certified a “global”...

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