Sentences with phrase «for class action proceedings»

Policy concerns surrounding the reasons for class action proceedings should not override the «plain meaning» of the Ontario legislature, she added.

Not exact matches

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Any class action possible before the Commission must also be permissible in other court proceedings arising from the case: for example, an appeal.

We have a long history of acting for companies faced with class actions, including actual or threatened proceedings.

Finally, Recipe for Reform: A Proposal for Improving Canadian Class Action Procedures recommends a dozen reforms to discourage meritless class actions, encourage the timely resolution of class proceedings, and ensure that related costs are fairly distributed among plaintiffs, defendants, and other interested parClass Action Procedures recommends a dozen reforms to discourage meritless class actions, encourage the timely resolution of class proceedings, and ensure that related costs are fairly distributed among plaintiffs, defendants, and other interested parclass actions, encourage the timely resolution of class proceedings, and ensure that related costs are fairly distributed among plaintiffs, defendants, and other interested parclass proceedings, and ensure that related costs are fairly distributed among plaintiffs, defendants, and other interested parties.

* Study and explore the possibility of the development of a judicial protocol with the aim to: * Allow for communication among judges in overlapping class actions proceedings * Coordinate and harmonize activities in proposed overlapping class proceedings in order to maximize efficiency, reduce costs and avoid the duplication of effort; * Honour the independence and integrity of the superior courts while promoting inter-provincial cooperation and respect for comity; * Implement a framework of general principles to address basic administrative issues arising out of national and multijurisdictional class actions; and * Provide for nationally - accepted carriage motions.

So, the Ontario Superior Court has added to the decisions confirming that class action proceedings are appropriate — even preferable — for claims arising from mass terminations, even if the common issues trial won't dispose of all the issues and some of the class members have already started or finished proceedings in other forums, particularly with the Ministry of Labour and the Labour Relations Board, which preclude class claims.

Stanford Law School, the Oxford Centre for Socio - Legal Studies, and Tilburg University have organized «a series of international conferences on the worldwide spread of class actions, group proceedings and other forms of collective litigation.»

The exchange has filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan and, subsequent to the institution of class action proceedings, in the United States as well.

Bosworth endorsed and applied the existing law that for the section 41 (a) bar to apply, the plaintiff for both proceedings must be the same person — it is not sufficient if the same action can be brought on a representative basis by someone other than the proposed class plaintiff.

The second legal proceeding asks the Quebec Superior Court for certification as a class action for the purpose of seeking reimbursement of government processing fees in the event that the first legal proceedings is not successful.

David acts for clients in a wide range of disputes, including shareholder and partnership disputes, securities litigation, class action defence, proceedings under the Competition Act, and professional negligence claims.

Self's routine involvement in mass litigation / class action proceedings provides him with an adeptness for working on complex legal matters.

David has acted for clients in a wide range of disputes, including shareholder and partnership disputes, securities litigation, class action defence, proceedings under the Competition Act, employment law disputes, contract disputes, breach of confidence / intellectual property disputes, fidelity bond claims, and professional negligence claims.

The GCG team combines the legal, operations and technology expertise required to provide Best In Class ® services for class action administrations, restructuring proceedings, regulatory matters, mass tort litigation, legal notice programs, data breach prevention and response, and business process outsourcing worldClass ® services for class action administrations, restructuring proceedings, regulatory matters, mass tort litigation, legal notice programs, data breach prevention and response, and business process outsourcing worldclass action administrations, restructuring proceedings, regulatory matters, mass tort litigation, legal notice programs, data breach prevention and response, and business process outsourcing worldwide.

Recent notable reported cases include R (Miller and Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 (acting for one of the interested parties in the Article 50 litigation at both Divisional Court and Supreme Court levels) and Dorothy Gibson v Pride Mobility Products Ltd [2017] CAT 9 (acting for the respondent in the first opt - out class action in UK competition proceedings).

Those proceedings included a hearing on respondents» motion for an order designating the case as a class action.

In a ruling today with implications for wage & hour class actions, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed an arbitrator's interpretation of an arbitration clause to permit class proceedings.

Solutions are emerging for applications as diverse as completing divorce proceedings, class actions, fighting homeless evictions and filing refugee visa applications.

There is a desire in some corners of the American legal system for there to be disclosure of litigation finance arrangements in proceedings involving multiple claimants, such as class actions or multidistrict litigations.

Imax's summary judgment motion based on a limitation defence was denied yesterday, giving the class action bar cause for celebration in light of other recent decisions that seem to go against plaintiffs in similar circumstances where lengthy proceedings have delayed matters.

In virtually identical language in Brown v. Canada (Attorney General), Sankar v. Bell Mobility, Crisante v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Dugal v. Manulife and Rosen v. BMO Nesbitt Burns, Justice Belobaba excoriated class action lawyers for over-lawyering certification motions, unnecessarily lengthening the proceedings and generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees and disbursements.