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In our 2024 edition of Looking Forward, we review notable class action developments from the past year and consider what recent trends in the law might tell us about what to expect in the years ahead....more
For many years, defendants resisted certification of competition class actions primarily by arguing that determining harm to class members defied calculation—or, at least, defied those methods the plaintiffs typically...more
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
Le 27 mars 2024, la Cour d’appel de l’Ontario (la « CAO ») a confirmé, dans le cadre de l’affaire Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd. (l’« affaire Palmer »), que le droit canadien ne prévoit pas de réparation pour un risque accru de...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
On March 27, 2024, the Ontario Court of Appeal (Court) affirmed in Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd. (Palmer) that Canadian law does not provide remedies for an increased risk of harm. This ruling is in line with other recent...more
In Palmer v. Teva Canada Limited, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the lower court’s decision to deny certification of a proposed product liability class action seeking damages for the alleged increased risk of being...more
In Boal v International Capital Management Inc.(“Boal”), the Ontario Court of Appeal (the “Court”) considered the pleading requirements for certification of a breach of fiduciary duty cause of action. In holding that it was...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
In Banman v. Ontario (“Banman”), the Ontario Superior Court (the “Court”) considered the new preferable procedure criterion of the certification test under the amended Class Proceedings Act, 1992 (“CPA”) in certifying a...more
In Difederico v. Amazon.com, 2023 FC 1156, the Federal Court refused to certify a proposed class action involving allegations that a collection of Amazon entities (“Amazon”) had breached sections 45 and 46 of the Competition...more
To bring a collective competition action in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”), a proposed class representative first has to have their claim certified by the CAT. The CAT’s approach to certification is therefore an...more
L’Institut canadien d’information juridique a publié récemment une décision clé en matière d’action collective qui est passée sous le radar. Dans l’affaire Graham et al v. Hoffmann-La Roche Limited et al. (l’« affaire Graham...more
The Canadian Legal Information Institute recently published an overlooked but important class action decision of the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench (Court) in Graham et al. v. Hoffmann-La Roche Limited et al. (Graham)....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
The Manitoba Court of King’s Bench recently rejected a motion by a large online meal delivery service to stay a class proceeding in favour of arbitration in accordance with the terms of a new agreement with its couriers. 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
Consumer protection class actions are increasing across Canada. These actions typically combine breach of consumer protection legislation claims with other potentially applicable causes of actions, such as contraventions of...more
Last year, we reported on the amendments to Ontario’s Class Proceedings Act, 1992 (CPA) that took effect on October 1, 2020. One of the most significant amendments to the CPA was the introduction of a higher standard for...more
For the past two decades, how best to achieve the fair and efficient management of class actions in Canada was routinely resolved by a one-size-fits-all approach: a presumption that certification should be the first motion...more
In Stewart v. Demme, the Ontario Divisional Court (the “Court”) overturned the certification of an intrusion upon seclusion claim in a data breach class action against a hospital, where a nurse used patient health records to...more
In November 2021, the Prince Edward Island Legislature passed a bill to introduce the province’s first Class Proceedings Act (PEI CPA), making it the final province in Canada to introduce class proceedings legislation. Bill...more
In Bourque v Insight Productions, 2022 ONSC 174, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the “Court”) dismissed a proposed class proceeding for delay. The decision is noteworthy as it’s the first reported decision that...more
Deux décisions rendues récemment, l’une par la Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CSCB »), l’autre par la Cour fédérale du Canada (la « Cour fédérale »), laissent entendre que les tribunaux sont de plus en plus...more