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)
Subject MatterBARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS
Date19 December 2013
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
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  • A Decade of Competition Law Class Actions: From Chadha to the 'new Trilogy'
    • 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. ......
  • Introduction
    • 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......
  • Flash Boys Class Actions: Civil Fraud, Conspiracy, and the Certifiability of High-frequency Trading Cases in Canada
    • 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......
  • 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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27 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].......
  • Difederico v. Amazon.com, Inc., 2021 FC 311
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • April 15, 2021
    ...above, at para 25; Drynan, above, at paras 91, 98 and 111; Houle 1, above, at para 33. See also Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686 at paras 7-11. [66] I will also note for the record that the representative plaintiffs have both stated, in their sworn affidavits, that they ......
  • Lin v. Airbnb, Inc.,
    • 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 ......
  • McCrea v. Canada, 2019 FC 122
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • January 29, 2019
    ...which was valued at $17.5 Million. In Fantl, the fees represented 17% of the total settlement. In Cannon v Funds for Canada Foundation, 2013 ONSC 7686, [2013] OJ No 5825 (QL), the Court approved fees of 33.33% where the total settlement was $28.2 Million. [123] Upon considering the jurispru......
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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
  • A Decade of Competition Law Class Actions: From Chadha to the 'new Trilogy'
    • 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. ......
  • Introduction
    • 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......
  • Flash Boys Class Actions: Civil Fraud, Conspiracy, and the Certifiability of High-frequency Trading Cases in Canada
    • 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......
  • 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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