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Early 2022 decisions interpreting Ontario's new mandatory dismissal for delay regime were glad tidings for defendants, suggesting the regime would be strictly applied. However, over the course of 2022, the pendulum swung in the other direction, with an increasingly flexible approach being applied.
In our 2023 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.
In an active year in securities class actions, Canadian courts have provided new guidance and clarity in a number of important areas. Below we briefly review a number of significant decisions in Canadian securities class actions from the past year.
The year 2022 continued to be positive for institutional clients involved in privacy breach class actions, with the Ontario Court of Appeal refusing to the expand the tort of intrusion upon seclusion to impose liability on institutions whose databases were hacked by unauthorized third parties.
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