Articles 2019

Welcome to the second issue of “Class Act,” the newsletter of the Ontario Bar Association’s class action section. In this issue, you will find six articles by leading class action practitioners in Canada.

On December 1, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear appeals from two British Columbia Court of Appeal decisions that reversed orders certifying conspiracy claims by indirect purchasers for alleged price fixing.

Class actions resulting from mass breaches of privacy are a recent introduction to the Canadian legal landscape compared with the multitude of actions brought in the U.S.

For a number of years, Canadian courts have struggled with whether class actions can be ousted by arbitration clauses.

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently clarified the issue of whether secondary market misrepresentation claims under Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act are stayed by operation of section 28 of the Class Proceedings Act.

Beginning with Ragoonanan Estate v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. (2000 SCJ), for every defendant named in an Ontario class proceeding there must also be a named plaintiff with a claim against that defendant.

The body of class action jurisprudence from Atlantic Canada continues to grow. Newfoundland and Labrador has had its class actions legislation since 2001, and, given its size, has a relatively large number of class action decisions.

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Class Act, the newsletter of the Ontario Bar Association's Class Action Section.

Welcome to the inaugural OBA Class Action Newsletter. We have witnessed a number of exciting firsts this year.

I have been asked to provide a few brief remarks on the American Bar Association’s recent resolution to adopt protocols establishing best practice guidelines for U.S.-Canada cross-border class actions.