Sentences with phrase «class action legislation»

Class action legislation does not confer subject - matter jurisdiction on the Superior Court over cases that would not normally fall within its reach, the court emphasized.

These and other issues may be debated as the Law Commission of Ontario begins its review of class action legislation in Ontario.

Class action legislation developed as a result of a product liability case.

And, I'll put aside what is, in some ways, the conflict between the ethos underlying anti-SLAPP legislation and that permitting extremely permissive class action legislation.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that class actions are available even in provinces or territories that have not enacted class action legislation.

Class action legislation does not give courts jurisdiction over cases that would otherwise be dealt with by tribunals or arbitrators, the Supreme Court held in Concordia v. Bisaillon.

Superior court judges in Ontario and B.C. have the discretionary statutory power under their class action legislation to sit outside their home provinces.

Class action legislation is procedural, not substantive, and it does not alter the jurisdiction of courts and tribunals.

Bastarache J., writing for the dissenters, agreed that class action legislation does not confer jurisdiction on the courts that properly belongs to labour arbitrators.