Assessing Access to Justice in Class Actions: AIC Limited v Fischer
Introduction In order for a class action to be certified, a judge must be satisfied that a class action is the “preferable” way of bringing the claims as against other...
Category: Securities Law
When is a ‘Penalty’ Not ‘Penal’? – Rowan v OSC
Last week, the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) released its decision in Rowan v Ontario Securities Commission 2012 ONCA 208 [Rowan]. In Rowan, the chief issue was whether s. 127(9) of...
Amici Curiae: Deporting Mugesera, Responding to the Securities Reference, Mandating Condom Use and Reflecting on SOPA
A Long-Awaited Departure Twenty years after arriving in Canada, and seventeen years after his initial deportation order, Leon Mugesera is back in Rwanda to face a slew of charges stemming...
Cooperative Federalism and The Securities Act Reference: A Rocky Road
In the Supreme Court of Canada’s (“SCC”) recent opinion on the federal government’s proposed Securities Act, the Court held that the proposed Act was not a valid exercise of federal...
