Cannon v. Funds for Canada Foundation,

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeBelobaba, J.
Neutral Citation2013 ONSC 7686
Citation[2013] O.T.C. Uned. 7686,[2013] O.T.C. Uned. 7686 (SC),2013 ONSC 7686,[2013] OJ No 5825 (QL),[2013] OTC Uned 7686,[2013] O.J. No 5825 (QL),[2013] OTC Uned 7686 (SC)
Date19 December 2013
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)

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    ...or reduced “in clear cases based on principled reasons” (Condon at para 85, citing Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at para [131] That being said, it is important to underline, once again, the Court’s role to protect the class, and there may be circu......
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    ...or reduced “in clear cases based on principled reasons” (Condon at para 85, citing Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 [Cannon] at para 8). [74] That being said, it is also the Court’s role to protect the class, and there may be circumstances where the ......
  • Wilson v. Depuy International Ltd.,
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    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • July 16, 2018
    ...Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Infineon Technologies AG, 2014 BCSC 1936 at paras. 53-56. In Cannon v. Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at para. 3, Justice Belobaba described such arrangements as presumptively valid. Indeed, for a complex product liability case a fee of up to 40% is ......
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  • Quantifying Discretion In Costs And Fee Approvals
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 21, 2014
    ...much-needed measure of predictability in the approval of class counsel's legal fees (in Cannon v. Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 ("Cannon"))" and contends that "... - many of the [certification] cost award decisions, although wordy, use unreliable metrics and are analytically u......
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  • The Impact of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision in Infineon Technologies Ag v Option Consommateurs on Quebec Class Actions
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 10-1-2, January 2015
    • January 1, 2015
    ...or whether they will be subject 7 Ibid, s 33(2). 8 Ibid, ss 33(3)–(7). 9 See, for example, Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at paras 4–12 [Cannon]. 10 Smith Estate v National Money Mart Company, 2011 ONCA 233 at para 80 [Smith Estate]. 11 Cannon, above note 9 at para 6. ......
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    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 10-1-2, January 2015
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    ...or whether they will be subject 7 Ibid, s 33(2). 8 Ibid, ss 33(3)–(7). 9 See, for example, Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at paras 4–12 [Cannon]. 10 Smith Estate v National Money Mart Company, 2011 ONCA 233 at para 80 [Smith Estate]. 11 Cannon, above note 9 at para 6. ......
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    ...or whether they will be subject 7 Ibid, s 33(2). 8 Ibid, ss 33(3)–(7). 9 See, for example, Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at paras 4–12 [Cannon]. 10 Smith Estate v National Money Mart Company, 2011 ONCA 233 at para 80 [Smith Estate]. 11 Cannon, above note 9 at para 6. ......
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    ...or whether they will be subject 7 Ibid, s 33(2). 8 Ibid, ss 33(3)–(7). 9 See, for example, Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at paras 4–12 [Cannon]. 10 Smith Estate v National Money Mart Company, 2011 ONCA 233 at para 80 [Smith Estate]. 11 Cannon, above note 9 at para 6. ......
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