Class Actions: Looking Forward

May 22, 2025

In our 2025 edition of Looking Forward, we review notable class action developments from the past year and consider what recent trends in the law might tell us about what to expect in the years ahead.

This edition features insights into key substantive and procedural areas concerning class actions in Canada that may help you better serve your business.

Titles in this edition include:

• Competition Act Amendments Open Door to Quasi Class Actions
• Supreme Court of Canada to Decide Scope of “Material Change” With Far-Reaching Consequences for Securities Class Actions
• Supreme Court Approves Constitutionality of Multi-Crown Class Action
• Raising the “Low Bar”­: Plaintiffs Seek New Strategies to Prove Common Issues for Certification
• Legal Uncertainty for Database Defendants? Appeal Courts Assess Privacy Causes of Action with Varying Outcomes
• The Ontario Court of Appeal Clarified When Class Actions Should be Dismissed for Delay
• Court of Appeal Cuts Off Speculative Product Liability Claims
• Screening By the Authorizing Judge: Québec Court of Appeal Upholds the Principle of Partial Dismissal in Salko c. Financière Banque Nationale inc. 
• British Columbia Grapples With Evidentiary Issues and the Requirement for a Workable Methodology

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