Analysis reveals that high costs and unpredictable outcomes hinder class actions in Canada, limiting access to justice.
The certification of class proceedings in Canada has become too costly and too unpredictable for both parties. Often, the wrong cases are being certified, while cases that ought to be litigated as class actions are deterred by “certification chill,” and therefore never see a courtroom.
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