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La Cour divisionnaire de l’Ontario refuse d’autoriser une action collective fondée sur le délit d’intrusion dans l’intimité

Le 9 juin 2021, dans l’affaire Owsianik v. Equifax Canada Co., 2021 ONSC 4112 (l’« affaire Equifax »), la majorité des juges de la Cour divisionnaire de l’Ontario a rejeté le délit d’intrusion dans l’intimité comme question...more

Ontario Divisional Court Overturns Certification of Intrusion Upon Seclusion Claim

On June 9, 2021, in Owsianik v Equifax Canada Co (Equifax), 2021 ONSC 4112, a majority of the Divisional Court overturned the certification of intrusion upon seclusion as a common issue in a class proceeding involving a...more

Ontario Government Proposes Significant Amendments to Ontario Class Proceedings Act

On December 9, 2019, the Attorney General of Ontario introduced Bill 161, the Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2019 (Bill 161) which, among other things, proposes a number of changes to the Ontario Class Proceedings Act,...more

Litigation Risk on the Rise: 3 Trends in Cybersecurity Class Actions in Canada

Cybersecurity litigation in Canada is on the rise. Given that the number of data breaches in Canada has been rising exponentially in recent years, the increase in cybersecurity litigation is unsurprising. However, the...more

Proposed Privacy Class Action “Collapses in its Entirety” on Commonality

On May 7, 2019, in Kaplan v. Casino Rama Services Inc. (Kaplan), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice refused to certify a privacy class action arising out of a criminal cyberattack that included allegations of breach of...more

2019 Legal Trends: Cybersecurity

As part of our quarterly series on current trends across different industries, our first article for 2019 looks at the current landscape of cybersecurity and highlights key legal trends and developments. We also offer some...more

Who Is My Neighbour? Ontario Court Rejects a Duty of Care to Employees of Foreign Suppliers

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently dismissed a proposed class action arising out of the collapse of a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh. On July 5, 2017, in Das v. George Weston Limited (Das), the court found...more

Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds Certification of Reformulated G20 Class Actions

On April 6, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) released its decision in Good v. Toronto (Police Services Board) (Good). In upholding the certification of two class actions against the Toronto Police Service (TPS), the...more

Federal Court of Appeal Expands Scope of Privacy Class Action

The Federal Court of Appeal recently allowed an appeal expanding the scope of a certified privacy class action relating to the loss of personal data of Canada Student Loans recipients. The case, Condon v. Canada (Condon), had...more

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