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Class actions 2015 BCSC 1969

Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General)

The court held the Monitor could decide relief and costs settlement in investigations, but any such decision required court approval and Canada had to be heard.

  • Monitor authority and independence
  • Court supervisory jurisdiction
  • Costs recovery and allocation
  • Release of claims
  • Implementation orders and protocols
  • Use of public funds
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Administrative law 2015 BCSC 68

Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General)

The court held that IRSSA signatories and NAC members had standing to participate in a counsel-conduct review, and dismissed the standing challenge.

  • Standing
  • Court supervisory jurisdiction
  • Settlement agreement administration
  • Counsel conduct review
  • Costs
  • Settlement-agreement-administration
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Class actions 2014 BCSC 621

Endean v. The Canadian Red Cross Society

Application to approve a Late Claim Requests Protocol dismissed because it would impermissibly alter a negotiated settlement claims deadline.

  • Settlement approval
  • Claims deadline
  • Court supervisory jurisdiction
  • Allocation of trust assets
  • Late claims protocol
  • Class-actions
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Class actions 2012 BCSC 839

Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General)

The court used its supervisory jurisdiction to bar Blott, Honour Walk and related entities from further IAP involvement and ordered a supervised transfer of claimant files.

  • Court supervisory jurisdiction
  • Removal of counsel
  • Settlement administration
  • Independent assessment process (iap)
  • Assignments/directions to pay
  • Law society oversight
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Class actions 2011 BCSC 667

Bodnar v. The Cash Store Inc.

The court removed The Cash Store Inc. as settlement administrator, appointed Epiq Systems Inc., and ordered disclosure and corrected claims processing.

  • Settlement administration
  • Court supervisory jurisdiction
  • Removal of settlement administrator
  • Claims processing and auditing
  • Interpretation of settlement agreement
  • Allegations of bad faith
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Company law 2002 BCSC 1350

PHS Holdings Ltd. v. Cansteel Machine Works Ltd.

The court refused to enforce a settlement that would have discharged a liquidator by consent, but stayed the winding-up proceedings and made no costs order.

  • Liquidator discharge
  • Passing of accounts
  • Enforceability of settlements
  • Without prejudice communications
  • Court supervisory jurisdiction
  • Consent orders
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Medical law [1992] 2 SCR 138

McInerney v. MacDonald

The Supreme Court of Canada held that patients may inspect and copy information in their medical records used in treatment, though the physician owns the physical files.

  • Patient access to medical records
  • Physician‑patient fiduciary duties
  • Confidentiality
  • Court supervisory jurisdiction
  • Patient-access-to-medical-records
  • Physician-patient-fiduciary-duty
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