Sentences with phrase «reform class action law»

Last week, the Law Commission of Ontario released a list of issues it will consider to reform class action law in Ontario.

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He litigated major law reform and class action cases in the federal court of appeals and Supreme Court on Social Security, Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, SNAP / Food Stamps and other public benefits issues, and the rights of children born out of wedlock.

In 2017, the Victorian Attorney General Martin Pakula asked the Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) to review the rules covering litigation funders to prevent unfair conduct in civil proceedings, including class actions.

Lawyers represented Cargill in a class action at the Supreme Court of Canada; won a gaming law case for the BC Lottery; acted as counsel for the College of Dentistry in a series of high - profile applications; represented the Federation of Law Societies in two major cases; and were appointed amicus curiae by the SCC in the senate reform referenlaw case for the BC Lottery; acted as counsel for the College of Dentistry in a series of high - profile applications; represented the Federation of Law Societies in two major cases; and were appointed amicus curiae by the SCC in the senate reform referenLaw Societies in two major cases; and were appointed amicus curiae by the SCC in the senate reform reference.

Christopher Hodges, The Reform of Class and Representative Actions in European Legal Systems: A New Framework for Collective Redress in Europe (Hart Pub., 2008)(Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law; v. 8).

«The Law on Representative Proceedings and Class Action Regimes in Other Jurisdictions, in Report: Class Actions 25 - 62 (The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong, May 2012).

When class proceedings were first considered in Ontario by the Ontario Law Reform Commission's «Report on Class Actions», a «no - costs» regime was recommended whereby the losing party in a class proceeding was not required to pay the costs of the winning pclass proceedings were first considered in Ontario by the Ontario Law Reform Commission's «Report on Class Actions», a «no - costs» regime was recommended whereby the losing party in a class proceeding was not required to pay the costs of the winning pClass Actions», a «no - costs» regime was recommended whereby the losing party in a class proceeding was not required to pay the costs of the winning pclass proceeding was not required to pay the costs of the winning party.

These include asbestos litigation reform, mandatory sanctions for filling frivolous litigation, protecting innocent parties from being unfairly or fradulently joines into a lawsuit, class action and multi-district litigation reforms, increased certainty where the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is concerned, and reform of over-broad laws that threaten individuals and business with criminal prosecution absent any criminal intent, among others.

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Examination of the Ontario Law Reform Commission Report on Class Actions, An [article] 15 Ottawa L. Rev. 587 (1983)

He states that he was wrong as a member of the 1990 Attorney General's Advisory Committee to recommend keeping a two - way costs regime in class actions (contrary to the recommendations of the Ontario Law Reform Commission almost a decade earlier), and notes his hope that the current Law Commission of Ontario Class Actions Project corrects the eclass actions (contrary to the recommendations of the Ontario Law Reform Commission almost a decade earlier), and notes his hope that the current Law Commission of Ontario Class Actions Project corrects theactions (contrary to the recommendations of the Ontario Law Reform Commission almost a decade earlier), and notes his hope that the current Law Commission of Ontario Class Actions Project corrects the eClass Actions Project corrects theActions Project corrects the error.