ABSTRACT
At its 2022 meeting, the ULCC’s Civil Section launched a Class Actions Project, which aims to prepare ‘a Uniform Act adapted to the current realities of class actions’ in order to implement a solution that ‘promotes access to justice and provides a coherent judicial response’. The purpose of this report is to identify contemporary issues in Canadian class actions which, in the opinion of the working group, merit the ULCC’s attention. It does not propose any avenues for reform at this stage, although it does mention a few options.
The report is divided into five parts: (1) The first part sets out the context of the project, including the ULCC’s work on class actions up to 2007, and the evolution of class actions in Canada since then. (2) The second part identifies the theoretical framework that serves as a prism for the analysis, first and foremost the objectives and principles underlying class actions. (3) the third part describes the contemporary issues raised by class actions on which the working group proposes to focus its attention. (4) The fourth part suggests a work plan for the rest of the project. (5) Finally, the fifth part proposes a draft resolution for adoption by the Civil Section of the ULCC at its 2024 annual meeting.
Boulanger-Bonnelly, Jérémy, Canadian Class Actions – Progress Report (August 1, 2024), Uniform Law Conference of Canada, Proceedings of the 2024 Annual Meeting, https://www.ulcc-chlc.ca/Annual-Meetings/Annual-Meetings/Ottawa,-ON-(8).
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