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Evidentiary Standards and Remedial Common Issues at Certification: Syngenta AG v. Van Wijngaarden, 2025 BCCA 334

Canada - October 2 2025 In Syngenta AG v. Van Wijngaarden, 2025 BCCA 334, the British Columbia Court of Appeal reaffirmed the importance of the ordinary rules of evidence at…

La Cour supérieure du Québec refuse l’autorisation d’une action collective en droit de la consommation

Canada - August 28 2025 Le 21 juillet 2025, la Cour supérieure du Québec (la « Cour ») a refusé, dans l’affaire Langlais c. Compagnie Wal-Mart du Canada, 2025 QCCS 2552…

The Superior Court of Québec Refuses to Authorize a Class Action in Consumer Law

Canada - August 28 2025 On July 21, 2025, the Superior Court of Quebec (the "Court") in Langlais c. Wal-Mart Canada Corp., 2025 QCCS 2552 refused to authorize a class action…

Decertification Denied: Drawing the Line between Consumer and Business Subscribers, Once Again

Canada - August 7 2025 Wellman v. TELUS Communications Co. is an Ontario class action in which the plaintiffs allege that TELUS engaged…

“This creature called conditional certification”: Ontario Court of Appeal overturns certification in veterans’ proposed class action

Canada - May 29 2025 In Knisley v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 ONCA 185, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the motion judge’s conditional certification of a…

Ontario Court of Appeal Addresses the Duty to Warn and Declines to Certify Claims for Pure Economic Loss in a Product Liability Class Action

Canada - May 29 2025 In North v. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, 2025 ONCA 340 the Ontario Court of Appeal addresses the limits of claims for pure economic loss in…

BC Court of Appeal Confirms Privacy Act Damages May Be Awarded Without Proof of Loss

Canada - May 15 2025 The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently confirmed an aggregate damages award under the Privacy Act of $15,000 per clas…

Accessing a Global Internet Platform from Ontario is not Enough to Assert Jurisdiction says the Court of Appeal for Ontario

Canada, Global - May 12 2025 In Shirodkar v. Coinbase Global, Inc., 2025 ONCA 298, the Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld the dismissal and stay of a cryptocurrency securities…

Sibble v. Google LLC: BC Supreme Court Weighs in on Pre-Certification Notices to Admit

Canada - April 17 2025 In a certification hearing, what evidentiary value can be placed on pleadings, decisions and documents emanating from litig…

The Federal Court Affirms the use of Standard Form Contracts to Stay Consumer Class Action Claims

Canada - February 14 2025 In Zanin v. Ooma, Inc., 2025 FC 51, the Federal Court stayed a consumer class action that was subject to standard form arbitration, forum selection…