Craig Lockwood
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Articles
Ontario Court of Appeal clarifies approach to assessing public correction in secondary market misrepresentation claims
Canada - March 15 2021 The secondary market liability provisions prescribed by the various provincial securities acts set out a framework for recovery of market losses…
A new chapter for novel claims in class proceedings
Canada - January 21 2021 Last year, the Supreme Court of Canada signalled an important shift in how courts should approach motions to strike pleadings based on novel causes…
Ontario and Québec courts hold joint hearing in multijurisdiction class actions
Canada - January 14 2021 In Brazeau v Canada (Attorney General), the Ontario and Québec courts heard identical motions for a distribution protocol and individual issues…
Franchisees cannot beef with manufacturer over contaminated meat
Canada - November 11 2020 In a 5:4 split decision released on November 5, 2020, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held in 1688782 Ontario Inc. v. Maple Leaf Foods Inc…
New dimensions of preferable procedure: “jurisdictional preferability” and multijurisdictional class proceedings
Canada - October 28 2020 In order to be certified, a proposed class proceeding must be deemed the “preferable procedure” for resolving the plaintiff’s claims…
