Emily MacKinnon
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Articles
British Columbia Supreme Court strikes certification application for failure to meet residency requirement
Canada - September 28 2022 A claimant’s failure to prove standing as a British Columbia resident under section 2(1) of the Class Proceedings Act, RSBC 1996, c. 50 (CPA)…
A delicate balancing act: certifying multi-jurisdictional class actions in British Columbia
Canada - July 19 2022 The British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) recently dismissed an appeal of an order certifying a multi-jurisdictional class proceeding. N&C…
Canadian courts confirm significant limits on privacy class actions
Canada - December 8 2021 For businesses operating in Canada, 2021 brought welcome guidance: courts across the country repeatedly exercised their gatekeeping role to put a…
Robert Carson, Mark A. Gelowitz, Lauren Harper, Céline Legendre, W. David Rankin
Class actions in British Columbia: Go west, young plaintiffs, go west
Canada - December 8 2021 British Columbia has long been a plaintiff-friendly forum for class proceedings in Canada. In contrast to other provincial jurisdictions, plaintiffs…
Appealing a commercial arbitration decision: the B.C. Court of Appeal confirms a restrained approach
Canada - November 11 2021 Arbitration and alternative dispute resolutions, already popular mechanisms for efficient and confidential dispute resolution, have only grown in…
