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Case Summary: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. v. Gomel, 2023 BCCA 274

  • October 03, 2023
  • Gigi Pao

This article summarizes Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. v. Gomel, 2023 BCCA 274, in which the Court clarified that a theory of damages is distinct from and insufficient to meet the requirement of establishing the existence of a plausible methodology to determine damages on a class-wide basis.

Class Actions, Student Forum

A Meditation on Honoraria

  • June 26, 2023
  • Jeremy Martin

In Doucet v. Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 2022 ONSC 976, reversed 2023 ONSC 2323, Justice Perell concluded that representative plaintiffs should never be granted honoraria. This article comes to the same conclusion, arguing that there is no basis on law for granting honoraria.

Class Actions, Student Forum

Who You Gonna Call? Not Former Executives

  • June 23, 2023
  • Adil Abdulla & Denna Jalili

This article summarizes the law on whether counsel can contact former executives, an issue raised by the decision of the Superior Court of Québec in Holcman c Lightspeed Commerce Inc, 2023 QCCS 1681.

Class Actions, Student Forum

Case Summary: Leroux v Ontario

  • June 23, 2023
  • Ronan Mallovy

This article summarizes Leroux v Ontario, 2023 ONCA 314, in which the Court of Appeal for Ontario allowed a claim to proceed against the government of Ontario for long waitlists for disability benefits and a positive obligation under section 7 of the Charter.

Class Actions, Student Forum