British Columbia v. The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
JudgeThe Honourable Madam Justice Newbury,The Honourable Mr. Justice Goepel,The Honourable Mr. Justice Butler
Neutral Citation2021 BCCA 219
Citation2021 BCCA 219
Docket NumberCA46807; CA46808
CourtCourt of Appeal (British Columbia)
Date04 June 2021
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12 practice notes
  • MM Fund v Excelsior Mining Corporation,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • 30 April 2024
    ...any order it considers appropriate respecting the conduct of a class proceeding”. In British Columbia v. The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219, Justice Butler affirmed that s. 12 does not apply to pre-certification applications, including sequencing applications: at paras. 38–40. H......
  • Mentor Worldwide LLC v Bosco,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • 22 March 2023
    ...a case management judge: Strohmaier v. K.S., 2019 BCCA 388 at paras. 21–22; British Columbia v. The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219 at para. Discussion The nature of a certification hearing 29 In considering the various errors alleged by the appellants, I begin with a revi......
  • 2023 BCSC 428,
    • Canada
    • 1 January 2023
    ...a manner that is “informed by the provisions [and] object of the CPA”: British Columbia v. The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219 at para. 40. The objects of class proceeding legislation are the furtherance of judicial economy, access to justice, and behaviour modifica......
  • 2023 BCSC 662,
    • Canada
    • 1 January 2023
    ...jurisdictional challenges were originally sequenced as part of certification, in British Columbia v. The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219 at para. 95, the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by the Applicants and ordered that their challenges to jurisdiction proceed in advance of ce......
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9 cases
  • MM Fund v Excelsior Mining Corporation,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • 30 April 2024
    ...any order it considers appropriate respecting the conduct of a class proceeding”. In British Columbia v. The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219, Justice Butler affirmed that s. 12 does not apply to pre-certification applications, including sequencing applications: at paras. 38–40. H......
  • Mentor Worldwide LLC v Bosco,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • 22 March 2023
    ...a case management judge: Strohmaier v. K.S., 2019 BCCA 388 at paras. 21–22; British Columbia v. The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219 at para. Discussion The nature of a certification hearing 29 In considering the various errors alleged by the appellants, I begin with a revi......
  • 2023 BCSC 428,
    • Canada
    • 1 January 2023
    ...a manner that is “informed by the provisions [and] object of the CPA”: British Columbia v. The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219 at para. 40. The objects of class proceeding legislation are the furtherance of judicial economy, access to justice, and behaviour modifica......
  • 2023 BCSC 662,
    • Canada
    • 1 January 2023
    ...jurisdictional challenges were originally sequenced as part of certification, in British Columbia v. The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219 at para. 95, the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by the Applicants and ordered that their challenges to jurisdiction proceed in advance of ce......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Sequencing Shake Up In British Columbia
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 27 July 2021
    ...certification, unless the Court orders that they proceed concurrently. Footnotes 1 British Columbia v The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219 at para 37 [the 2 Ibid at para 93. 3 Ibid at para 33. 4 Ibid at para 1. 5 See Her Majesty the Queen in the Right of the Province of British Co......
  • Sequencing In B.C.: Court Of Appeal Rejects Presumption That Certification Goes First
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 11 June 2021
    ...in class actions. Now, the B.C. Court of Appeal has weighed in. Its decision in British Columbia v. The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219 will shake up law in British Columbia on sequencing in four significant First, the court rejected outright the notion that there is a presumptio......
  • B.C. Court Of Appeal Provides Its First Pronouncement On Sequencing Issues
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 26 July 2021
    ...Court of Appeal's decision in British Columbia v The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., 2021 BCCA 219, is the first time the B.C. Court of Appeal has weighed in on class action sequencing issues. The core issue on appeal was whether the motion judge erred by making a sequencing order that require......

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