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Recalls can be preferable to class action proceedings

In Coles v. FCA Canada Inc., 2022 ONSC 5575, the Court recently denied certification of a proposed product liability class action on the basis that...

The Ontario Divisional Court’s preferred approach to the preferable procedure analysis

In Curtis v. Medcan Health Management Inc., 2022 ONSC 5176 (Curtis), the Divisional Court overturned the Ontario Superior Court’s dismissal of...

What’s new with the OSC?

Significant changes are underway at the Ontario Securities Commission, reflecting certain recommendations of the province’s Capital Markets...

Weeding out unmeritorious class actions early: section 4.1 of the amended Class Proceedings Act, 1992 comes to the rescue

A recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision is the first to interpret section 4.1 of the amended Class Proceedings Act, 1992 regarding the...

A minefield of risk? Ontario court grants leave and certifies class for secondary market misrepresentation action

 A recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision certified a proposed global class after finding the defendant did not sufficiently disclose...

Class actions ‘belong to class members’, not their lawyers: Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench clarifies roles of representative plaintiffs

The interplay between the roles and responsibilities of the representative plaintiff and class counsel in the context of a class action has been the...

Ontario Court of Appeal clarifies approach to assessing public correction in secondary market misrepresentation claims

The secondary market liability provisions prescribed by the various provincial securities acts set out a framework for recovery of market losses...