Le 4 juillet 2024, la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») a rendu deux jugements d’appel en matière d’actions collectives dans des contextes de fuite de données. Ce faisant, la CACB a clarifié la portée...more
On July 4, 2024, the B.C. Court of Appeal issued a duo of class action appeal decisions considering the potential scope of statutory and common law privacy claims against data custodians that fall victim to cyberattacks in...more
Le 30 avril 2024, la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique a confirmé, dans l’arrêt MM Fund v. Excelsior Mining Corp., que seuls les résidents de la province peuvent entreprendre des actions collectives en vertu de la loi...more
On April 30, 2024, the British Columbia Court of Appeal confirmed in MM Fund v. Excelsior Mining Corp. that only residents of B.C. may commence class actions under the provincial Class Proceedings Act (CPA), with the effect...more
Le 28 mars 2024, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a rendu sa décision tant attendue dans l’affaire Dickson c. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, au cours de laquelle elle s’est penchée sur deux questions nouvelles et donc...more
Le 14 mars 2024, le gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique a déposé le projet de loi 12 (le « projet de loi ») visant à faire adopter la Public Health Accountability and Cost Recovery Act (la « Loi »). Cette dernière a pour...more
On March 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its long-awaited decision in Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, in which it addressed two novel and previously unresolved questions: (i) the extent to which...more
On March 20, 2023, the Supreme Court of British Columbia (Court) issued a decision in Ridley Terminals Inc. v. Sandvik Canada Inc. (Ridley), affirming the importance of promoting settlement in multiparty litigation and...more
On May 17, 2021, the British Columbia (B.C.) Court of Appeal released a decision in Pearce v. 4 Pillars Consulting Group Inc. (Pearce) finding a class action waiver clause unenforceable as unconscionable and contrary to...more
On November 19, 2018, the Government of British Columbia introduced Bill 57, Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill), in the legislative assembly for first reading. If passed, the Bill will amend the Class...more
In its May 18, 2018 decision, Rosas v. Toca (Rosas), the British Columbia Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) permitted a contract to be varied without the exchange of fresh consideration. If adopted more broadly, Rosas may...more
Court decisions can often provide learning opportunities — they establish legal principles, apply those principles to certain facts, and illustrate relative trends, or stability, in the law.
The recent decision of the B.C....more
The British Columbia Supreme Court (Court) recently dismissed the plaintiff’s application for class certification in Ewert v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (Ewert), holding that certification is not simply a “file, smile and...more
On September 12, 2017, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (Court) affirmed the refusal to certify a class proceeding against various airlines regarding the description of fuel surcharges in Simsek v. United Airlines, Inc....more
On June 23, 2017, in Douez v. Facebook Inc. (Douez), the Supreme Court of Canada considered the enforceability of forum selection clauses involving consumers and privacy rights. The application judge had declined to enforce a...more
On January 26, 2017, the B.C. Court of Appeal’s (Court) decision in Garcia v. Tahoe Resources Inc. (Garcia) challenged the premise that claims will be dealt with where they occur. The decision will be a factor in future cases...more
The British Columbia Supreme Court recently dismissed an application for certification of a class action regarding the cold and flu product Cold-Fx in Harrison v. Afexa Life Sciences Inc. (Harrison). The plaintiff alleged...more
Canadian exporters and importers should pay close attention to the ongoing changes in United States-Cuba relations. After more than five decades of animosity between the two countries, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban...more
During the longest election campaign in Canadian history, Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada (Liberals) made significant promises for increased federal infrastructure spending over the...more