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Class actions 2023 BCSC 946

Endean v. The Canadian Red Cross Society

The court approved recommended amendments to a class action settlement and adopted Justice Perell’s parallel Ontario reasoning, finding the changes reasonable and worthwhile.

  • Settlement approval
  • Actuarial recommendations
  • Joint committee role
  • Parallel class proceedings
  • Class-actions
  • Settlement-approval
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Class actions 2022 ONCA 480

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology v. Hitachi, Ltd.

The Court of Appeal held the supervising judge's first order did not mandate the s.43 Deficiency Process; the supervising judge acted within his s.12 authority to direct the Claims Administrator to reconsider claims using the documents before the court; CAC's challenge was a collateral attack on the earlier unappealed order and the reconsideration process was not unfair or beyond the judge's jurisdiction, so the appeal was dismissed.

  • Claims administration
  • Distribution protocol
  • Deficiency notices (s.43)
  • Reconsideration of claims
  • Supervising judge authority under s.12
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Class actions 2022 BCSC 359

Killough et al v. The Canadian Red Cross Society et al

The court approved a third PELD distribution, counsel and trustee expenses, waived a future audit, set termination steps for the settlement, and granted relief for a class member’s forfeiture.

  • Distribution of settlement funds
  • Approval of counsel disbursements
  • Trustee remuneration
  • Waiver of statutory/contractual audit
  • Termination of settlement agreement
  • Relief from forfeiture
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Class actions 2021 FC 139

Heyder v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court granted Canada’s unopposed motion to fund a supplementary notice program for class members, increasing notice funding by up to $100,000 inclusive of tax.

  • Notice program funding
  • Supplementary notice
  • Covid-19 delay
  • Class-actions
  • Civil-procedure
  • Settlement-administration
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Class actions 2020 FC 885

Riddle v. Canada

The Federal Court amended a prior settlement order to appoint Donna Cona Inc. for specified administrator duties and authorized limited personal information sharing for settlement administration.

  • Administrator appointment
  • Settlement implementation
  • Access and sharing of personal information
  • Costs and disbursements
  • Class-actions
  • Settlement-administration
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Class actions 2020 FC 878

Riddle v. Canada

The Federal Court approved a Payment Protocol for Sixties Scoop settlement claims, allowing payments in trust to individual counsel and setting fee-motion and reporting deadlines.

  • Payment protocol
  • Claims administration
  • Counsel fees and payment
  • Sixties scoop settlement
  • Court supervision of settlements
  • Class-actions
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Class action 2020 FC 780

McLean v. Canada

The Federal Court approved $1,150,779.12 in post-implementation class counsel fees, disbursements and HST, and authorized withdrawal from trust.

  • Class counsel fees
  • Fee approval
  • Trust fund withdrawal
  • Disbursements and hst
  • Amicus curiae review
  • Class-action
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Class actions 2020 FC 701

McLean v. Canada

Order adopting a payment protocol for the Indian Day Schools Settlement and directing the Claims Administrator to pay amounts in trust to individual counsel, with no costs.

  • Payment protocol for claimants with individual counsel
  • Claims administration
  • Approval of counsel fees procedure
  • Indian day schools settlement
  • Class-actions
  • Settlement-administration
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Class actions 2020 FC 702

McLean v. Canada

The Federal Court approved a Payment Protocol for Indian Day School settlement claims, allowing payments to Individual Counsel in trust subject to prior court approval of fees.

  • Payment protocol
  • Individual counsel fees
  • Court approval of solicitor payments
  • Claims administration
  • Indian day school settlement
  • Class member rights to retain counsel
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Class actions 2020 FC 453

Riddle v. Canada

Consent order in the Sixties Scoop class action approving an interim settlement distribution, with funds paid into trust and conditional payments to eligible class members.

  • Settlement distribution
  • Claims administration
  • Sixties scoop settlement
  • Court discretion in distribution
  • Class-actions
  • Settlement-administration
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