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Le 30 avril 2024, la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique a confirmé, dans l’arrêt MM Fund v. Excelsior Mining Corp., que seuls les résidents de la province peuvent entreprendre des actions collectives en vertu de la loi...more
On April 30, 2024, the British Columbia Court of Appeal confirmed in MM Fund v. Excelsior Mining Corp. that only residents of B.C. may commence class actions under the provincial Class Proceedings Act (CPA), with the effect...more
In the recent decision of Electronic Arts Inc. v Bourgeois, 2024 QCCA 284 (Bourgeois), the Québec Court of Appeal provided direction concerning when and how defendants can appropriately challenge the scope of a proposed class...more
In Loblaw Companies Limited v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2024 ONCA 145, the Ontario Court of Appeal, among other things, overturned the lower court’s finding that insureds were entitled to seek 100% of...more
La Cour d’appel de la Saskatchewan (la « Cour ») a récemment rendu sa décision longuement attendue concernant l’ordre dans lequel une requête dispositive peut être entendue par rapport à une demande d’autorisation dans le...more
On February 7, 2023, the Alberta Court of Appeal released its decision in Setoguchi v. Uber B.V., 2023 ABCA 45. In its decision, the Court confirmed the importance of the gatekeeping role of justices at class action...more
In a trilogy of rulings released on November 25, 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal (“Court”) has ruled that the tort of intrusion upon seclusion cannot extend to companies that collect and store personal information and fall...more
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently ruled that an organization that fails to take adequate steps to safeguard personal information in its possession cannot be held liable under the tort of intrusion upon seclusion when that...more
In Johnson v. Ontario, the Ontario Court of Appeal (the “Court”) allowed for the extension of time within which the appellant could opt out of a class action. In doing so, the Court provided welcome appellate guidance on the...more
In Douez v. Facebook, Inc., 2022 BCSC 914, the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the “Court”) held that Facebook used class members’ names and images in its “Sponsored Stories” advertising program without their consent,...more
On September 8, 2021, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) in Canada released its decision in Salna v. Voltage Pictures, LLC, 2021 FCA 176 which considered whether a reverse class action, a term used colloquially to describe...more
Clarity on the Enforcement of Settlements In 3113736 Canada Ltd. v Cozy Corner Bedding Inc., the Ontario Court of Appeal provided an answer about whether a class member is bound by a class action release even if the party did...more
Looking Forward: Class Actions in 2021 - For the first time in 25 years, substantive amendments have been made to Ontario's Class Proceedings Act, 1992 (CPA). These changes apply to any class action started on or after...more
Le 24 juillet 2020, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a publié sa décision dans l’affaire Société des loteries de l’Atlantique c. Babstock (« Babstock »). Dans sa première déclaration définitive sur cette question, la...more
On July 24, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in Atlantic Lottery Corp. Inc. v. Babstock (Babstock). In its first definitive statement on this issue, the SCC held that waiver of tort is not an...more
On July 17, 2019, the Law Commission of Ontario released the final report of its class action investigative project, Class Actions: Objectives, Experiences and Reforms. The project is the most comprehensive research,...more
The intersection of mandatory arbitration clauses and class proceedings continues to be a vexing problem for the courts. In Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., the first decision of 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal decided...more
On December 20, 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in the Rana Plaza Class Action (Das v George Weston Limited, 2018 ONCA 1053) affirming the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s decision to dismiss the...more
On September 5, 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Fehr v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, overturning certain parts of the motion judge’s decision and certifying a class action against Sun Life...more
On October 31, 2017, the Québec Court of Appeal released its decision in Asselin c. Desjardins Cabinet de services financiers inc., 2017 QCCA 1673. The Court of Appeal overturned the lower court’s decision refusing...more
On October 31, 2017, the Ontario Court of Appeal released the latest decision in a nearly 25-year legal saga being pursued on behalf of approximately 30,000 indigenous Ecuadorian villagers affected by environmental pollution...more
Companies in Canada or doing business with Canadians beware. The Ontario Court of Appeal has held that Ontario courts can take jurisdiction in class actions over plaintiffs who are not Canadian, do not live or work here, and...more
On September 12, 2017, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (Court) affirmed the refusal to certify a class proceeding against various airlines regarding the description of fuel surcharges in Simsek v. United Airlines, Inc....more
Class Action Case Update: The Ontario Court of Appeal's recent decision in Excalibur Special Opportunities LP v Schwartz Levitsky Feldman, 2016 ONCA 916 addresses when to assume jurisdiction in a global class action. ...more
The Federal Court of Appeal recently allowed an appeal expanding the scope of a certified privacy class action relating to the loss of personal data of Canada Student Loans recipients. The case, Condon v. Canada (Condon), had...more