03.28.2022
Air Cargo Claims Submission
The Air Cargo claims process launches on Monday March 28, 2022. For more information on this class action, click below.
03.11.2022
Boilermakers’ Pension Plan
March 11, 2022 UPDATE:
The Administrator has confirmed that payments will be issued to settlement class members within the next two weeks. Payments will be mailed and addressed to settlement class members based on the information provided in the Claims Form that was submitted to the Administrator in 2021.
02.28.2022
Small Bearings
On February 3, 2022, the BC Court approved a motion to certify the within action against NSK for settlement purposes.
01.15.2022
Capacitors Class Actions
On December 15, 2021, the BC Supreme Court certified the Electrolytic Capacitors action against ELNA and Holy Stone.
01.07.2022
Optical Disc Drive Price Fixing
The British Columbia ODD class action has been certified for settlement purposes as against the Quanta, BenQ and Pioneer Defendants.
12.21.2021
Lithium Ion Rechargeable Batteries Claims Process
The deadline to make a claim in this Class Action has now passed. Please check www.batteriessettlement.ca for regular updates on the expected timing of the payments.
12.01.2021
Hearings Scheduled for Lytton Fire Class Action
Hearing dates have been set for two important steps in the Lytton Fire class action. Since the lawsuit was filed by CFM Lawyers and Gratl & Company in August 2021, an overlapping claim was filed by a different legal team. A full-day hearing before Chief Justice Hinkson of the BC Supreme Court has now been set for January 12, 2022, to determine which of the two proposed lawsuits should go forward.
Meanwhile, the team from CFM Lawyers and Gratl & Company is working on the next phase of the lawsuit—certifying the claim as a class action. The certification application is an early step in every class action, in which the plaintiff asks the court to allow the case to proceed as a class action. While certification is not a judgement on the merits of the case, it is a crucial step toward resolution of the case. As such, it is typically fiercely contested by defendants and requires the plaintiff to present legal arguments and evidence from witnesses and experts.
The certification hearing is set for five days at the BC Supreme Court: October 17-21, 2022.
For more information, including about attending the hearings, please contact Mallory Hogan ([email protected]) or Faye Panis Nicolas ([email protected]).
11.16.2021
Revolution Resource Recovery Inc. Class Action Certification
On October 22, 2021 the BC Court certified a class proceeding against the defendant Revolution Resource Recovery Inc. The class action alleges that Revolution charged its customers a uniform 18% surcharge called the “Government Surcharge/Material Ban” that bears no relation to any fine, surcharge or levy incurred by Revolution in the course of providing services to the customer, and that by doing so it breached its contracts with its customers.
The class action also alleges that certain terms in Revolution’s customer service agreements are void or unenforceable because they restrict the ability of the class to cancel their contracts or use other waste management service providers.
11.08.2021
Glucosamine Class Action: Certification
On November 1, 2021, the Court certified the Glucosamine action against the defendant Jamieson in addition to the defendants, WN and Natural Factors (the case for certified on July 16, 2021).
Credit Card Class Action: Updated Distribution Plan
Updates have been made to the distribution plan after consultation with merchants. Changes made since the initial Distribution plan was posted on October 7, 2021 are currently being considered by class counsel.
