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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 26, 2020

Plaintiffs’ offers to settle certification motions in the Ontario Superior Court: Rule 49 is an “Ill Fit”

After a contested certification motion in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the losing party is typically required to pay the successful...

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Blog October 14, 2020

No compensable loss, no class action: repair program defeats certification motion

Evidence of compensable loss is a fundamental prerequisite for a class action. An Ontario court recently applied that principle to deny certification...

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Blog October 8, 2020

Court of Appeal finds limitation periods suspended indefinitely following a denial of certification

In R.G. v. The Hospital for Sick Children, the Court of Appeal for Ontario found that limitation periods remain suspended for all individual...

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Blog September 30, 2020

Court of Appeal for British Columbia might recognize common law tort of breach of privacy

In Tucci v Peoples Trust Company, 2020 BCCA 246 (“Tucci”), the Court of Appeal for British Columbia signaled that it might be willing to...

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Blog September 18, 2020

Amendments to Class Proceedings Act will come into force October 1

On September 17, 2020, recent amendments to the Ontario Class Proceedings Act, 1992 were proclaimed into force effective October 1, 2020. The...

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Blog June 25, 2020

Court of Appeal opens door for negligence claims against investment funds

In its recent securities class action decision in Wright v. Horizons ETFS Management (Canada) Inc., 2020 ONCA 337, the Court of Appeal for Ontario...

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Blog June 22, 2020

Expert’s generic opinion doesn’t cut it: appellate court denies certification in cannabis class action

To certify a product liability or toxic substance class action, a plaintiff must provide some evidence of a workable methodology for proving that the...

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Blog May 28, 2020

COVID-19 class actions: Cautionary reminders from south of the border

Canadian companies have faced an unprecedented last few months in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent measures to contain its...

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Blog May 7, 2020

Galaxy Note 7 recall campaign defeats class action

On April 9, 2020, the Québec Superior Court dismissed an application for authorization to institute a class action against Samsung Electronics...

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Blog February 27, 2020

Ontario court decertifies class action because representative plaintiff’s post-certification conduct showed he was unsuitable

Can a class action continue if the only available representative plaintiff is not suitable for the role? In Azar v. Strada Crush Limited, Justice...

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