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OVERVIEW
Our Toronto lawyers were on the ground floor of the first class actions in Ontario, and have been involved as counsel in many of the leading class action cases since, all the way from commencement to the Supreme Court of Canada. Simply put, class actions are a different kettle of fish.
We provide our clients with an experienced team of trial lawyers who can analyze the issues and develop a strategy to efficiently manage and resolve this complex type of litigation.
We understand the technicalities and jurisprudence of the class action regime and can combine that understanding with practical insights to provide effective representation in this unique and challenging area of litigation law.
SERVICES
Our Class Action Group has acted as counsel in many groundbreaking and leading class action cases, including:
- The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Subway Crash
- Environmental Liability
- Tainted Blood
- Walkerton Tainted Water Proceedings
- Products Liability, including faulty breast implants litigation
- Securities and Investor Class Actions
- Applicability of Deductions in Salvage Cases
- Automobile Aftermarket Parts
- Construction Defect Claims
- Tenant Class Actions
The Class Action Group is experienced, skilled, and qualified to assist with any of your questions in this area. Please contact any of the members of the group for further information or assistance.
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Causation And Standard Of Proof For A Hypothetical Pre-Trial Loss
First Published in Advocates Quarterly. This paper addresses whether the same principles regarding the “real and substantial possibility” standard of proof apply to a hypothetical past loss claim as they do to a hypothetical future loss claim, and the interplay between the two standards of proof applicable to hypothetical claims: balance of probabilities for the “but for” causation test, and “real and substantial possibility” for damages.
A Plea for Simple Pleadings
You have just been sued for breach of contract by a former business partner.
As you skim through a legal document that sets out a laundry list of your alleged failures and faux pas, a few paragraphs jump out at you. Why does the document make reference to an argument over the design of your company's logo? And why is there commentary on the not-so-secret office romance between two of your employees? As far as you can tell, neither of these issues have anything to do with the contract in dispute.
Uber Class Action Gets Green Light, Proceeds to Certification
The past decade has given rise to the ‘sharing economy', which has since become ubiquitous and has raised an assortment of legal issues for stakeholders and policymakers as a result.
In Heller v Uber Technologies Inc. the Ontario Court of Appeal reversed a decision to uphold an arbitration (and effectively, forum selection and choice of law) clause in an Uber services agreement, finding it both unenforceable and unconscionable.