Acknowledgements

• Author: Suzanne Chiodo
• Pages: 17-17

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This

book

arises

from

the

thesis

1

wrote

for

my

master

of

laws

degree

at

Osgoode

Hall

Law

School,

and

thanks

must

go

to

those

who

helped

me

complete

it.

1

owe

this

book

most

of

all

to

my

husband

Joe,

who

supplied

a

constant

flow

of

tea

and

support

(which,

to

an

English

woman,

are

pretty

much

the

same

thing).

My

family

was

also

an

enormous

help,

particularly

my

sister,

brother,

and

aunt,

who

hosted

me

in

England

while

I

wrote

and

took

bets

on

where

1

would

write

the

most

pages.

My

thesis

supervisor

Philip

Girard

helped

me

transform

my

idea

into

a

full-length

book,

which

1

would

not

have

thought

possible

three

years

ago.

1

am

also

grateful

to

Justice

Paul

Perell,

who

was

the

second

reader

for

my

thesis

and

provided

helpful

comments,

and

to

Janet

Walker

and

Jamie

Benidickson,

who

formed

my

examining

committee,

and

gave

use



ful

feedback.

This

book

was

also

improved

by

the

input

of

the

members

of

the

Osgoode

Society

Legal

History

Workshop,

especially

Jim

Phillips.

Justice

Edward

Belobaba

has

written

the

foreword

to

this

book,

and

1

thank

him

for

his

endorsement

and

support.

I

am

also

grateful

to

my

former

colleagues

at

Rochon

Genova

LLP,

with

whom

1

gained

my

prac



tical

experience

of

class

actions

and

who

continue

to

encourage

me

in

my

academic

career.

The

support

1

have

received

throughout

this

process,

along

with

the

positive

feedback

from

so

many

quarters,

has

encouraged

me

to

pur



sue

my

research

in

the

field

of

class

actions.

Thanks

to

everyone

who

has

helped

me,

whether

or

not

1

have

mentioned

you

by

name

(and

if

1

haven

’

t,

I

owe

you

a

beer).

Suzanne

E

Chiodo

Oriel

College,

Oxford

October

2017

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