Cannon v. Funds for Canada Foundation, [2013] O.T.C. Uned. 7686

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeBelobaba, J.
Neutral Citation2013 ONSC 7686
Subject MatterBARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS
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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68 practice notes
  • Certifiable: Can a Class Action Address Canada’s On-reserve Drinking Water Crisis?
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-2, March 2019
    • March 1, 2019
    ...Elgar, 2000) 194 at 211–12. 22 Alarie, above note 10 at 22. 23 Silver, above note 21 at 212–13. 24 Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at paras 8 and 10. 25 Elwin, above note 11 at para 29; McCarthy Tétrault, above note 11 at 255–56. 26 Eizenga et al, above note 19 at §13.2......
  • An Overview of Class Actions and Covid-19 in Ontario’s Long-term Care Facilities
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 16-2, March 2021
    • March 1, 2021
    ...in its submissions that the “presumptive validity” of a retainer of one third, as established in Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686, should be maintained, there is a belief that a sliding scale would undercut the potential size of class counsel fees: CCAR 16-2.indb 221 202......
  • A Statutory Solution to Ontario’s Environmental Class Action Problem: Section 99(2) of the Environmental Protection Act
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-2, March 2019
    • March 1, 2019
    ...Elgar, 2000) 194 at 211–12. 22 Alarie, above note 10 at 22. 23 Silver, above note 21 at 212–13. 24 Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at paras 8 and 10. 25 Elwin, above note 11 at para 29; McCarthy Tétrault, above note 11 at 255–56. 26 Eizenga et al, above note 19 at §13.2......
  • The Unworkability of the Workable Methodology Standard
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 16-2, March 2021
    • March 1, 2021
    ...in its submissions that the “presumptive validity” of a retainer of one third, as established in Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686, should be maintained, there is a belief that a sliding scale would undercut the potential size of class counsel fees: CCAR 16-2.indb 221 202......
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30 cases
  • Elwin et al. v. Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children et al., (2014) 351 N.S.R.(2d) 363 (SC)
    • Canada
    • Nova Scotia Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • October 6, 2014
    ...O.T.C. 71; 160 D.L.R.(4th) 186 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 19]. Cannon v. Funds for Canada Foundation et al., [2013] O.T.C. Uned. 7686; 2013 ONSC 7686, refd to. [para. Baker Estate et al. v. Sony BMG Music (Canada) Inc. et al., [2011] O.T.C. Uned. 7105; 2011 ONSC 7105, refd to. [para. 21].......
  • IRENE BRECKON ET AL. v CERMAQ CANADA LTD. ET AL.,
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • February 9, 2024
    ...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......
  • Lin v. Airbnb, Inc., 2021 FC 1260
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • November 19, 2021
    ...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., 2018 BCSC 1192
    • Canada
    • 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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1 firm's commentaries
  • 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......
37 books & journal articles
  • Certifiable: Can a Class Action Address Canada’s On-reserve Drinking Water Crisis?
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-2, March 2019
    • March 1, 2019
    ...Elgar, 2000) 194 at 211–12. 22 Alarie, above note 10 at 22. 23 Silver, above note 21 at 212–13. 24 Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at paras 8 and 10. 25 Elwin, above note 11 at para 29; McCarthy Tétrault, above note 11 at 255–56. 26 Eizenga et al, above note 19 at §13.2......
  • An Overview of Class Actions and Covid-19 in Ontario’s Long-term Care Facilities
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 16-2, March 2021
    • March 1, 2021
    ...in its submissions that the “presumptive validity” of a retainer of one third, as established in Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686, should be maintained, there is a belief that a sliding scale would undercut the potential size of class counsel fees: CCAR 16-2.indb 221 202......
  • A Statutory Solution to Ontario’s Environmental Class Action Problem: Section 99(2) of the Environmental Protection Act
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-2, March 2019
    • March 1, 2019
    ...Elgar, 2000) 194 at 211–12. 22 Alarie, above note 10 at 22. 23 Silver, above note 21 at 212–13. 24 Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at paras 8 and 10. 25 Elwin, above note 11 at para 29; McCarthy Tétrault, above note 11 at 255–56. 26 Eizenga et al, above note 19 at §13.2......
  • The Unworkability of the Workable Methodology Standard
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 16-2, March 2021
    • March 1, 2021
    ...in its submissions that the “presumptive validity” of a retainer of one third, as established in Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686, should be maintained, there is a belief that a sliding scale would undercut the potential size of class counsel fees: CCAR 16-2.indb 221 202......
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