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Investment Misrepresentation Claims – Class Actions can be the Preferable Procedure

  • 06 septembre 2016
  • Margaret L. Waddell

In Fantl v. Transamerica, the Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed that claims for common law negligent misrepresentation are certifiable and can be the preferable procedure, particularly in the case where there is a single, written representation and no issue that it was received by the members of the class. The OCA's decision encourages class action trial judges to make use of the flexible procedures available under the CPA to streamline the resolution of any residual individual issues.

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Fanshawe v AU Optronics

  • 03 février 2016
  • Adrienne Boudreau

The Divisional Court will be determining whether the discoverability rule applies to the two year limitation period established by s. 36(4) Competition Act in this appeal from an order dismissing that defendants' motion for summary judgment.

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Court of Appeal Upholds First Aggregate Assessment of Damages in Ramdath v. George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology

  • 18 janvier 2016
  • Alan Melamud, Podrebarac Barristers Professional Corporation

The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the trial judge setting out the criteria for, and awarding aggregate damages to class members damaged as a result of misrepresentations in a college course calendar that was found to be in breach of the Consumer Protection Act.

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Jurisdiction in Class Actions: Certification of a global class

  • 06 janvier 2016
  • Erik Penz , Jonathan Preece and Guy White

Three recent class action decisions in Ontario have considered when it is appropriate to extend the class—and consequently the jurisdiction of the Ontario court—to include persons who are not resident in Canada. The court in each of these decisions has focused on the question of where non-resident putative class members would reasonably expect their claims to be adjudicated.

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