Cardoso v. Canada Dry Mott’s Inc., 2020 BCSC 1569
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Judge | Honourable Madam Justice Douglas |
| Citation | 2020 BCSC 1569 |
| Docket Number | S190672 |
| Court | Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) |
| Date | 23 October 2020 |
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5 practice notes
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Fair Compensation or Unjustified Temptation to Compromise?: an Empirical Review of Requests for Honorarium Awards in Canadian Class Actions
...at 383. 70 Parsons, above note 48 at para 24. See Morabito, above note 63 at 383. 71 See, for example, Cardoso v Canada Dry Mott’s Inc, 2020 BCSC 1569 at paras 47–50 [Cardoso]; Rosen v BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc, 2016 ONSC 4752 at para 27 [Rosen]; Bodnar v The Cash Store Inc, 2010 BCSC 145 at pa......
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Lin v. Airbnb, Inc.,
...the benefits for the class, not the other way around” (Kobe Steel at para 58, citing Cardoso v Canada Dry Mott’s Inc, 2020 BCSC 1569 [Cardoso] at para 37). C. [117] Class Counsel finally request that the Court award a $5,000 Honorarium to Mr. Lin, the representative plaintiff,......
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Kett v. Kobe Steel, Ltd., 2020 BCSC 1977
...court approved fees. The typical range for contingency fees is 15% to 33% of the award or settlement: Cardoso v. Canada Dry Mott’s Inc., 2020 BCSC 1569 at para. 35. Lower fees may not provide the proper incentives for counsel to litigate risky class actions in the future; higher fees may in......
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"Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty": Honorarium Payments To Representative Plaintiffs In Class Proceedings
...of the Supreme Court of British Columbia recently offered a slightly different line of reasoning in Cardoso v Canada Dry Mott's Inc., 2020 BCSC 1569 [Cardoso] (which was released three weeks after Makris). In Cardoso, the two representative plaintiffs each sought $10,000 honorarium payments......
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2 cases
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Lin v. Airbnb, Inc.,
...the benefits for the class, not the other way around” (Kobe Steel at para 58, citing Cardoso v Canada Dry Mott’s Inc, 2020 BCSC 1569 [Cardoso] at para 37). C. [117] Class Counsel finally request that the Court award a $5,000 Honorarium to Mr. Lin, the representative plaintiff,......
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Kett v. Kobe Steel, Ltd., 2020 BCSC 1977
...court approved fees. The typical range for contingency fees is 15% to 33% of the award or settlement: Cardoso v. Canada Dry Mott’s Inc., 2020 BCSC 1569 at para. 35. Lower fees may not provide the proper incentives for counsel to litigate risky class actions in the future; higher fees may in......
2 firm's commentaries
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"Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty": Honorarium Payments To Representative Plaintiffs In Class Proceedings
...of the Supreme Court of British Columbia recently offered a slightly different line of reasoning in Cardoso v Canada Dry Mott's Inc., 2020 BCSC 1569 [Cardoso] (which was released three weeks after Makris). In Cardoso, the two representative plaintiffs each sought $10,000 honorarium payments......
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Above and Beyond the Call of Duty: Honorarium Payments to Representative Plaintiffs in Class Proceedings
...of the Supreme Court of British Columbia recently offered a slightly different line of reasoning in Cardoso v Canada Dry Mott’s Inc., 2020 BCSC 1569 [Cardoso] (which was released three weeks after Makris). In Cardoso, the two representative plaintiffs each sought $10,000 honorarium payments......
1 books & journal articles
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Fair Compensation or Unjustified Temptation to Compromise?: an Empirical Review of Requests for Honorarium Awards in Canadian Class Actions
...at 383. 70 Parsons, above note 48 at para 24. See Morabito, above note 63 at 383. 71 See, for example, Cardoso v Canada Dry Mott’s Inc, 2020 BCSC 1569 at paras 47–50 [Cardoso]; Rosen v BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc, 2016 ONSC 4752 at para 27 [Rosen]; Bodnar v The Cash Store Inc, 2010 BCSC 145 at pa......