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Craig Lockwood

Partner, Disputes, Toronto

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In Canadian Class Action Defence, we provide timely, reliable and practical information about defending national and international class actions involving Canadian courts. We share strategic insights on preventing, preparing for, managing and resolving cross-border class actions, both nationally and internationally, using specific cases or developments as the springboard for our discussion. Since Canada does not have a mechanism to centralize class actions brought in different provinces on behalf of the same class (unlike U.S. MDL), managing overlapping class actions in Canadian jurisdictions poses some unique challenges. In this blog, we consider how best to manage these challenges as well as highlighting the differences between jurisdictions.

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Blog November 2, 2021

To defend or not to defend: the flexibility of the doctrine of abuse of process in duplicative class action proceedings

Parallel class actions in Ontario and Québec did not constitute an abuse of process and can proceed, the Ontario Divisional Court recently ruled....

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To defend or not to defend: the flexibility of the doctrine of abuse of process in duplicative class action proceedings
Blog October 14, 2021

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...

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Weeding out unmeritorious class actions early: section 4.1 of the amended Class Proceedings Act, 1992 comes to the rescue
Blog September 20, 2021

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...

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A minefield of risk? Ontario court grants leave and certifies class for secondary market misrepresentation action
Blog September 7, 2021

Riding the wave: recent developments with class action waivers

Class action waivers can help companies mitigate their risk, but their value in certain situations can be ambiguous. In their latest Update,...

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Riding the wave: recent developments with class action waivers
Blog August 31, 2021

The ride isn’t over: Uber v Heller certified as a class action

The battle between the ride-sharing company Uber and its Drivers continues, and continues to inform Canadian law.

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The ride isn’t over: Uber v Heller certified as a class action
Blog August 18, 2021

Saskatchewan court denies certification of Cambridge Analytica class action

Last month, the Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan denied class certification in the Cambridge Analytica class action. In their blog,...

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Saskatchewan court denies certification of Cambridge Analytica class action
Blog July 13, 2021

No conspiracy without ‘some evidence’; concludes Superior Court of Québec when dismissing proposed class action

In the recent decision in Hazan v. Micron Technology Inc. the Québec Superior Court dismissed a proposed class action alleging a conspiracy to...

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No conspiracy without ‘some evidence’; concludes Superior Court of Québec when dismissing proposed class action
Blog May 31, 2021

Where the rubber meets the road: Evidentiary burdens and gain-based remedies in product liability class actions

The Alberta Court of Appeal recently overturned a class certification order and made important comments on a representative plaintiff’s...

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Blog May 19, 2021

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...

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Class actions ‘belong to class members’, not their lawyers: Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench clarifies roles of representative plaintiffs
Blog April 19, 2021

First merits decision dismissing privacy class action in Canada

In an ever growing landscape of data theft and privacy breaches, the Superior Court of Québec recently dismissed a privacy class action on the...

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First merits decision dismissing privacy class action in Canada