Class actions
Class actions demand immediate and efficient guidance from an experienced legal team. We have strong experience in all aspects of Canadian class actions.
Our team represents clients in a broad range of class actions. For example, real estate, securities, defective products, wrongful detention and environmental incidents. Plus many others.
Class actions create significant potential liability for a business. They can also generate negative publicity and erode customer and shareholder confidence. More so than most litigation, class actions drain valuable management time and create reputational risk. You need the guidance of an expert team to assist you in navigating these challenges.
Deep litigation bench strength
Class action litigation is a growing trend in Canada. It is complex and requires strategic decision-making.
We can help you navigate intricate class action procedures by drawing upon our deep litigation bench strength. Our lawyers specialize in all areas of litigation, from commercial and construction, to energy and IP, and everything in between.
We can guide you through the class action process whether circumstances call for an early negotiated settlement, arbitration or a trial. Our team regularly appears before all levels of Alberta's Courts, other provincial courts, the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. We represent both plaintiffs and defendants in class actions.
Current class actions
Glenmore and Centre Class Action
Vita-Sisu Class Action Notice of Hearing: English and French
What our clients say
"The team is excellent. They work well together, develop excellent strategies, advance the case in a timely manner and produce desired results." – Chambers Canada 2021
Representative work
Ganong v Northwynd REIT et al
Counsel for the plaintiff class members in Ganong v Northwynd REIT et al. This action was successfully certified as a class proceeding in 2021. The plaintiff class, consisting of hundreds of unitholders who invested over $40 million in Northwynd REIT, alleged that at the time of the wind-up in 2017, Northwynd had about $40 million in contingent assets. Instead of distributing these assets to the unitholders, the trustees transferred them to a holding company owned by Northwynd's CEO for no consideration. A favourable settlement was reached in November 2024, with the distribution of settlement proceeds to be completed in 2025.
Certification of national class action
Successfully obtained certification in British Columbia of a national class action against manufacturers of natural health supplements and Court approval of a settlement against another manufacturer. (Krishnan v Jamieson Laboratories Inc., 2021 BCSC 1396, 2921 BCSC 1425, 2021 BCSC 2127, 2023 BCCA 72, leave to appeal to SCC denied).
Historic settlement in workplace sexual misconduct class action
Counsel for plaintiff class in successful settlement with the City of Leduc for systemic sexual abuse, harassment, and assault against female city employees, including firefighters. Terms of settlement include the highest per-person monetary compensation in a Canada class action settlement for workplace misconduct. This is the first class action settlement for workplace sexual misconduct involving a municipality as well as first involving a fire department in Canadian history.
Successful securities class action settlement
Counsel for plaintiff class in successful application for Court approval of a partial settlement of national securities class action relating to a real estate project (Harnam v. Chandran, 2018)
Successful settlement in a $10 million securities class action
Counsel to class plaintiffs in a $10 million real-estate based securities class action (successfully settled).
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