Defending Class Actions in Canada: A Guide for Defendants, 6th Edition

Defending Class Actions in Canada: A Guide for Defendants, 6th Edition is Canada's top resource for enterprises exposed to potential or actual class actions and for the lawyers who represent them.

Any company doing business in Canada is at risk of being named as a defendant in a class action and, if named, may encounter courts enthusiastic to apply class actions law to benefit plaintiffs. This book arms defendants for this risk: it outlines the procedural machinery of Canadian class actions and the law that governs them, provides strategic analysis on managing the risks they entail, and explains the most important recent developments and trends on a national and international scale.

The greatest strength of the book derives from its authorship by seasoned class action defence lawyers at McCarthy Tétrault, who practise as members of a national class actions defence practice group with particular expertise in multi-jurisdictional cases.

What's New In This Edition

• New case law and commentary since the previous edition published 5 years ago
• Brand new chapter called “Beyond Certification”, addressing the merits stage, from right after certification of the class action to trial, with a view to identifying best practices and pitfalls
• Up-to-date information on:
  • Preventing and mitigating class actions
  • Trends in proposed class action filings
  • Strategies for certification
  • Best practices and strategies for merits determinations, including common issues trials and resolution of individual issues
  • Principles and strategies in relation to multi-jurisdictional cases
  • Points of comparison between Canadian and U.S. class action regime
  • Settlement considerations and strategies

Who Should Read This Book

• Class action lawyers, litigation lawyers and insurance defence lawyers – this book provides a comprehensive and quick guide on class action lawsuits
• In-house counsel – this book will assist in defending class action lawsuits against the company they represent
• Judges - this book is a helpful guide to understanding class actions law and practice
• Law professors and law students - this book can be used in courses covering class actions law and procedure

Contributing Authors
Laurence Angers-Routhier, Audrée Anne Barry, Andrew Butler, Alexandra Cocks, Michel Gagné, Francois Giroux, Nikiforos Iatrou, Gillian Kerr, Andrée-Anne Labbé, Samuel Lepage, Jean Lortie, Catherine Martin, Jean-Phillippe Mathieu, Natasha Petrof, Gregory Ringkamp, Jack Ruttle, Marina Sampson, Rosemarie Sarrazin, Byron Shaw, Kara L. Smyth, Ljiljana Stanic, Stephanie Sugar, Deborah Templer, Noam Uri, Isabelle Vendette, Emma Walsh, Patrick Williams, and Jill Yates