Diverging Approaches to the Certification of Class Actions

Peter Douglas co-authored a blog examining how recent amendments to Ontario’s Class Proceedings Act, 1992 are reshaping the class action landscape by introducing stricter certification requirements and accelerated procedural timelines. It highlights early judicial interpretations of the amendments, including decisions that expand defendants’ ability to bring pre-certification motions and require dismissal of delayed proceedings, signaling a more defendant-friendly approach in Ontario compared to other jurisdictions. (Prior to Lenczner Slaght)