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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 July 5, 2019

Court of Appeal holds that class members similar to regular parties, cannot hide identity

In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Essex County v Windsor (City), the Court of Appeal for Ontario held that the deemed undertaking rule...

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Blog May 28, 2019

Court of Appeal dismisses appeal in beer price class action citing regulated conduct defence

On April 17, 2019, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in Hughes v Liquor Control Board of Ontario, 2019 ONCA 305, dismissing the...

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Blog April 24, 2019

BC Court of Appeal sets aside certification of common issues in environmental class action

In Kirk v Executive Flight Centre Fuel Services Ltd., the B.C. Supreme Court certified a class action by local residents who were impacted by a truck...

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Blog April 4, 2019

Not all class action settlements will prevent defendants from being sued again

When a settlement of a class action is achieved and approved by the courts, class action defendants expect that the settlement will be final and they...

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Blog March 29, 2019

Motions to strike miss the mark in dismissing class action claims involving contractual interpretation

Determining whether to bring a motion to strike is often a critical strategic decision at the early stage of a class action. The recent Ontario Court...

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Blog February 12, 2019

Climate change class actions come to Canada

As climate change litigation gains momentum, two recent developments show Canadian litigants turning to class actions to address climate-related...

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Blog January 10, 2019

Ontario Court of Appeal applies foreign law, dismisses cross-border class action

On December 21, 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Das v George Weston Limited (“Das”), a proposed class action...

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Blog November 26, 2018

Risky business: Ontario court provided conditional approval of a novel third-party funding agreement

The Ontario Divisional Court in Houle v. St. Jude Medical Inc. marks yet another development in the emerging law surrounding the role of third party...

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Blog November 21, 2018

Defendant access to third-party funding agreements in Canadian class actions

We have written previously about the arrival of third-party funding agreements in class action litigation in Canada. As part of that evolving trend,...

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Blog October 4, 2018

Fantl v ivari: Defendant required to pay for its preferred notice plan

Once a class action is certified, Ontario’s Class Proceedings Act requires that class members be sent a notice describing, among other things,...

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