Bevan Brooksbank
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Articles
Where to Draw the Line on Pre-Certification Discovery: Karasik v. Yahoo
Canada, USA - October 9 2019 In the recent decision of Justice Perell in Karasik v. Yahoo Inc., a motion by the representative plaintiffs for production of Yahoo’s Canadian user…
Summary Judgment on Six-Packs: Hughes v. LCBO
Canada - June 26 2019 On April 17, 2019, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in Hughes v Liquor Control Board of Ontario, upholding the dismissal of a…
Bennett v. Hydro One: The Divisional Court Cuts the Power to a Systemic Negligence Class Action
Canada - February 4 2019 On December 31, 2018, the Divisional Court released its decision in Bennett v. Hydro One Inc. et al with respect to the appeal of the dismissal of a…
When is a Promissory Note a Security and Not a Loan?
Canada - November 21 2018 Tiffin Financial Corporation ("TFC") and its principal Daniel Emerson Tiffin ("Tiffin"), were subject to a cease-trade order (the "Order") issued by…
“Technically and Substantively Unfair”: The Case against Case Splitting in Secondary Market Class Actions
Canada - September 12 2018 On July 26, 2018, Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released his decision in Johnson v. North American Palladium Ltd. The case…
