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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Meal Delivery Service’s Mandatory Arbitration Clause for Couriers Unconscionable: Manitoba Court of Appeal

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The Manitoba Court of Appeal (the “Court”) in Pokornik v. SkipTheDishes Restaurant Services Inc., 2024 MBCA 3, recently upheld a lower court decision dismissing a large online meal delivery service’s motion to stay a class...more

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Class Action Practice: 10 Highlights from 2023

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The arrival of 2024 marked the end of a year filled with class action activity. Our Litigation group in Toronto has prepared a list of some of the more notable cases (and other developments) of 2023, with a focus on Ontario....more

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Clause d’arbitrage : rejet d’action collective fondée sur l’interruption des affaires en raison de la COVID-19

Le 14 janvier 2021, le juge Gary D.D. Morrison de la Cour supérieure du Québec (la « Cour ») a rendu une décision clé dans le cadre de laquelle il a décliné compétence à l’égard d’une demande visant à autoriser une action...more

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Court Applies Arbitration Clause to Dismiss Class Action Launched in the Wake of Covid-19 Business Closures

On January 14, 2021, Justice Gary D.D. Morrison of the Superior Court of Quebec (Court), issued an important decision, declining jurisdiction over an application to authorize (certify) a class action (Application) brought by...more

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Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Are No Longer Presumptively Enforceable

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Last year, we reported on how Canadian courts will uphold mandatory arbitration clauses in some cases, depending on how the plaintiffs are classified....more

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Looking Forward: Class Actions in 2021

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Instability and uncertainty were the two constants in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic uprooted social norms and challenged businesses. The long range impact of that instability and uncertainty remains to be seen. For different...more

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Supreme Court Enforces Arbitration Clause and Stays Business Customer Claims in Class Action

On April 4, 2019, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman (Wellman) decided that business customer claims in a class action should be stayed pursuant to arbitration clauses in...more

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Supreme Court Enforces Arbitration Clauses for Business Customers in Consumer Class Action

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Business customers that agreed to arbitrate disputes cannot “piggyback” their claims onto a consumer class action in court, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled....more

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Looking Forward Class Actions in 2019

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For the last six years, the Bennett Jones Class Actions Practice Group has published an annual year-in-review: our attempt to recap some highlights in class action litigation over the last year and make some soft predictions...more

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Uber Drivers Get Their Day in Court

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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

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Pumping the Procedural Brakes: Arbitration Clause Stays Potential Uber Class Action

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Will an arbitration provision in a services agreement between Uber and its drivers prevent the drivers from bringing a class action for being misclassified as contractors? The Ontario Superior Court recently addressed this...more

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10 Ways to Reduce Cannabis-Related Litigation Risks

In addition to the regulatory compliance issues that may arise from the production and sale of cannabis, companies operating in this space face many of the traditional legal concerns, including contractual, employment and...more

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Court Clarifies Conditions to Certify a Class Action for Damages under Section 36 of the Competition Act

On August 7, 2015, Justice R. LeBlanc of the Federal Court of Canada dismissed a motion to certify a class action in Murphy v. Amway Canada Corporation, clarifying the conditions a proposed class plaintiff must meet in order...more

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