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CIVIL PROCEDURE - Parties - Class or representative actions - Certification
18 Oct 2024 17:45 GMT
Law360 Canada ( October 18, 2024, 12:38 PM EDT) -- Appeal by General Motors of Canada Company and General Motors LLC (“General Motors”) from Queens Bench judge’s Certification Decision on grounds that certification judge erred in determining class action …
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“Dominant Motive…Lies in the Financial Interests of its Backers”: High Court Strikes Out a Representative Action under CPR 19.8 by Passengers in 116,000 Delayed or Cancelled Flights
12 Sep 2024 19:21 GMT
On 2 September 2024, the High Court struck out an application for a representative proceeding under CPR 19.8 that had been brought against certain airlines for cancelled and delayed flights: Smyth v British Airways Plc & Ors [2024] EWHC 2173 (KB). The …
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CIVIL PROCEDURE - Class or representative actions - Failure to disclose a cause of action or defence
12 Sep 2024 17:10 GMT
Law360 Canada (September 12, 2024, 11:12 AM EDT) -- Appeal by appellant from dismissal of her motion to certify a class proceeding arising out of alleged price-fixing conspiracy in market for canned tuna in Canada. The motion judge (judge) refused to …
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Representative action “motivated by financial rewards” struck out
03 Sep 2024 01:03 GMT
… market price for the securities.
Representative actions under CPR 19.8 require … options given the costs a representative action would involve.
He complained about … not properly constituted as a representative action, Master Davison struck it out …
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Minister Burke welcomes the signing of regulations which transpose the Representative Actions Directive into Irish law
01 May 2024 00:25 GMT
… which will fully transpose the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/ … healthcare.”
Note for Editors:
The Representative Actions Act allows consumers to seek … use the procedural mechanism for Representative Actions.
Collective redress can be used …
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Forms for use in connection with the Representative Actions Act
30 Apr 2024 17:58 GMT
There are a number of forms required to be used in connection with the administration of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 (Representative Actions Act).
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Register of Representative Actions
30 Apr 2024 17:59 GMT
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CIVIL PROCEDURE - Class or representative actions - Certification
20 Mar 2024 22:08 GMT
Law360 Canada (March 20, 2024, 3:23 PM EDT) -- Appeal by Situmorang from an order dismissing his application to certify a class proceeding and civil action. He argued that the trial judge erred in her approach to the question of whether the pleadings …
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CIVIL PROCEDURE - Legislation - Interpretation - Class or representative actions
23 Feb 2024 14:49 GMT
Law360 Canada (February 23, 2024, 8:28 AM EST) -- Appeal by Martin and Deveau (plaintiffs) from order of motion judge that their class action operating under the old Class Proceedings Act (Act) be governed by the amended Act; cross-appeal by defendants …
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CIVIL PROCEDURE - Parties - Class or representative actions - Certification
08 Feb 2024 18:32 GMT
Law360 Canada (February 8, 2024, 10:31 AM EST) -- Appeal by Hoedel from Sequencing Decision on grounds that the judge erred by failing to adhere to the principle that certification applications must always proceed first in putative class action proceedings …