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Ontario Court of Appeal: “Monetary Award” Grounding Payment of Class Action Contingency Fee Includes More than Money Distributed to Class Members

  • 25 février 2019
  • Ian Matthews

In Jeffrey v. London Life, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that when a class action results in a monetary award that benefits class members – even if they have no “right” to that award – class counsel’s contingency fee may charged against and paid from that award.

Droit des recours collectifs, Student Forum

Counsel Misconduct a Factor to Consider in Carriage Motions

  • 31 octobre 2018
  • Ashley Paterson and John Rawlins, Bennett Jones LLP

In Strohmaier v British Columbia (Attorney General), the British Columbia Supreme Court clarified that a history of misconduct on the part of counsel will be relevant to the analysis of the quality and experience of class counsel, in deciding between competing firms on a carriage motion.

Time Waits for No Class: The perils of delay in class proceedings

  • 08 juin 2018
  • Elizabeth Richards and Mary Roberts

Even in class actions, there comes a time when enough is enough and the civil justice system will no longer tolerate an inordinate and inexplicable delay. In Smith v Armstrong et al, 2018 ONSC 2435, R.S.J. Gordon granted the federal defendants’ motion to dismiss a proposed class action for delay and found the plaintiff’s delay to be inordinate where the litigation had not advanced to the certification stage after 17 years.

Droit des recours collectifs, Student Forum

Court Refuses to Approve Class Action Settlement Despite Approval in Other Provinces

  • 28 mai 2018
  • Amanda M. Quayle, McDougall Gauley LLP

Multi-jurisdictional class actions in Canada continue to create problems for parties and the courts. Recently, the problems associated with multi-jurisdictional class actions resulted in the scuttling of a national class action settlement involving the prescription drugs OxyContin and OxyNeo. Despite three other courts approving the settlement in their respective jurisdictions, the Saskatchewan court in Perdikaris v Purdue Pharma Inc., refused to approve the same settlement.

Droit des recours collectifs, Student Forum

Striking Equilibrium in Secondary Market Class Actions

  • 09 mai 2018
  • Brandon Kain and Sabrina Bruno, McCarthy Tetrault

In Amaya, the Quebec Court of Appeal reinforced the legislative purpose of the leave requirement in secondary market class actions, as being the protection of public issuers and their long-term shareholders, and not the plaintiff-shareholders., holding that "the purpose of the screening mechanism [is] to deter opportunistic or abusive litigation by plaintiff-shareholders who inappropriately wish to take advantage of the favourable conditions for secondary market actions against issuers."

Droit des recours collectifs, Student Forum

The Costs of Costs Uncertainty in Class Proceedings

  • 05 avril 2018
  • Paul-Erik Veel, Lenczner Slaght

“Like a forest fire in this era of climate change, costs in class proceedings have gotten out of control.” These were the opening words of Justice Perell in his recent costs decision following a successful defence motion to stay the class proceedings in Heller v Uber Technologies Inc, 2018 ONSC 1690.

Litige civil, Droit des recours collectifs