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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 February 27, 2020

Ontario court decertifies class action because representative plaintiff’s post-certification conduct showed he was unsuitable

Can a class action continue if the only available representative plaintiff is not suitable for the role? In Azar v. Strada Crush Limited, Justice...

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Blog January 14, 2020

Let’s be “mutually exclusive” – Alternative procedures in the preferable procedure analysis

In the recently released decision Whitehouse v. BDO Canada LLP, Justice Perell rejected the Defendant’s arguments regarding the preferable...

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Blog November 27, 2019

Court provides roadmap for seeking administrative law remedies and damages in one class proceeding

Challenging public authorities in courts can be … challenging. Apart from institutional advantages and formidable defences enjoyed by public...

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Blog November 22, 2019

Carriage decision encourages striving to avoid multiplicity of class actions

In Winder v Marriott International Inc, Justice Perell granted carriage of a data breach class action commenced against Marriott International, Inc.,...

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Blog November 14, 2019

No cutting class: OCA confirms that individual class members cannot appeal settlement orders

The Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed that class members in a class action do not have a right to appeal a settlement approval order under the...

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Blog November 13, 2019

Court certifies common issue based in novel statistical methodology of proof

In Levac v. James, 2019 ONSC 5092, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice agreed to expand the common issues in a medical negligence class action to...

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Blog October 28, 2019

Limitation periods remain suspended even after certification denied

Section 28 of Ontario’s Class Proceedings Act (CPA) suspends limitation periods for causes of action asserted in a class action. In RG v The...

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Blog August 14, 2019

Saskatchewan Court of Appeal confirms that “General Causation” need not be certified as a common issue in failure to warn class actions

In Bayer Inc v Tluchak Estate, the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench certified a class action involving the prescription anticoagulant...

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Blog August 12, 2019

Court highlights value of first-settling defendant co-operation in “ice breaker” settlements

In a recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Di Filippo and Caron v. Bank of Nova Scotia et al, 2019 ONSC 3282 (Di Filippo),...

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Blog July 17, 2019

“Controversial” changes to Ontario class actions law recommended by Commission

After two years of review, the Law Commission of Ontario has recommended wide-ranging changes to Ontario’s class actions regime. In its report...

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