Das v. George Weston Limited

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JurisdictionOntario
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
JudgePerell
Citation2017 ONSC 5583
Docket NumberCV-15-526628CP
Date20 September 2017

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  • Book Review: The Class Actions Controversy: The Origins and Development of the Ontario Class Proceedings Act By Suzanne Chiodo
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 13-2, March 2018
    • March 1, 2018
    ...1,000,000 500,000 0 Action Type CCAR 13-2.indb 309 10/30/2018 11:42:02 AM 310 CCAR 13-2.indb 310 APPENDIX C: DATA Citation 2017 ONSC 6839 2017 ONSC 5583 2017 ONSC 5382 2017 ONSC 4612 2017 ONSC 4692 2017 ONSC 3462 2017 ONSC 2498 2017 ONSC 2218 2017 ONSC 2189 2016 ONSC 7854 2016 ONSC 3829 201......
  • Book Review: Class Actions in Canada: The Promise and Reality of Access to Justice By Jasminka Kalajdzic
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 13-2, March 2018
    • March 1, 2018
    ...1,000,000 500,000 0 Action Type CCAR 13-2.indb 309 10/30/2018 11:42:02 AM 310 CCAR 13-2.indb 310 APPENDIX C: DATA Citation 2017 ONSC 6839 2017 ONSC 5583 2017 ONSC 5382 2017 ONSC 4612 2017 ONSC 4692 2017 ONSC 3462 2017 ONSC 2498 2017 ONSC 2218 2017 ONSC 2189 2016 ONSC 7854 2016 ONSC 3829 201......
  • Our Aging Cpa: It’s Time for Ontario to 'opt-in' to a Modern Global Class-actions Framework
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 13-2, March 2018
    • March 1, 2018
    ...1,000,000 500,000 0 Action Type CCAR 13-2.indb 309 10/30/2018 11:42:02 AM 310 CCAR 13-2.indb 310 APPENDIX C: DATA Citation 2017 ONSC 6839 2017 ONSC 5583 2017 ONSC 5382 2017 ONSC 4612 2017 ONSC 4692 2017 ONSC 3462 2017 ONSC 2498 2017 ONSC 2218 2017 ONSC 2189 2016 ONSC 7854 2016 ONSC 3829 201......
  • Foreword
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-1, December 2018
    • December 1, 2018
    ...In certain instances, judges have even found that section 31 adds nothing to the considerations 17 Das v George Weston Ltd, 2017 ONSC 5583 [Das]. 18 LCO 2013, above note 4 at 9; LCO 2018, above note 4 at 22; Das, ibid at paras 49–50. 19 LCO 2013, above note 4 at 9; LCO 2018, above note 4 at......
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  • Hughes v. Liquor Control Board of Ontario
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 14, 2018
    ...2245 (S.C.J.). [19] Davies v. Clarington (Municipality) (2009), 100 O.R. (3d) 66 at para. 52 (C.A.). [20] Das v. George Weston Limited, 2017 ONSC 5583 at para. [21] Chapman v. Benefit Plan Administrators Ltd., 2014 ONSC 537 at paras. 11-12; MacDonald v. BMO Trust Co., 2012 ONSC 2654 at para......
  • Stolove v Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 15, 2024
    ...McNaughton Automotive Ltd. v. Co-operators General Insurance Co., [2007] O.J. No. 1453 (Div. Ct.). 6 Das v. George Weston Limited, 2017 ONSC 5583 at para. 43, var'd 2018 ONCA 1053 ; Fresco v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 2010 ONSC 1036 at para. 18. 7 (2006), 79 O.R. (3d) 427 (C.......
  • Das v. George Weston Limited
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • December 20, 2018
    ...dated July 5, 2017, with reasons reported at 2017 ONSC 4129, and from the costs order, dated September 20, 2017, with reasons reported at 2017 ONSC 5583. Feldman A. Overview [1] When the Rana Plaza building in Savar, Bangladesh collapsed on April 24, 2013 due to significant structural flaws......
  • Alcamo v. Walt
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 13, 2022
    ...No. 2245 (S.C.J.). [6] Davies v. Clarington (Municipality) (2009), 100 O.R. (3d) 66 at para. 52 (C.A.). [7] Das v. George Weston Limited, 2017 ONSC 5583 at para. 65, var’d 2018 ONCA 1053. [8] (2009), 100 O.R. (3d) 66 (C.A.). [9] Building Solutions International Inc. v. Benazzi, 2014 ......
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  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 23, 2022 ' May 27, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 30, 2022
    ...1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association, 2020 SCC 22, Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61, Das v. George Weston Limited, 2017 ONSC 5583, Sokoloff v. Tru-Path Occupational Therapy Services Ltd., 2020 ONCA 730, Veneruzzo v. Storey, 2018 ONCA 688 1386444 Ontario Inc v. 2331738 O......
  • Cost Awards In Class Actions: What Can A Successful Defendant Expect To Recover?
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 12, 2018
    ...courts have been willing to award meaningful costs against class action plaintiffs in appropriate cases: In Das v George Weston Limited, 2017 ONSC 5583, the court granted a $2.3 million cost award to the defendants, who successfully defended a proposed $2 billion class action at a combined ......
  • A Cautionary Tale For Defendants Opposing Certification
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • October 9, 2017
    ...in tongue and cheek, perhaps not, Perell J. begins his decision in Berg v. Canadian Hockey League, 2017 ONSC 5583, by quoting Winston Churchill's famous World War II speech We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing gro......
30 books & journal articles
  • Book Review: The Class Actions Controversy: The Origins and Development of the Ontario Class Proceedings Act By Suzanne Chiodo
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 13-2, March 2018
    • March 1, 2018
    ...1,000,000 500,000 0 Action Type CCAR 13-2.indb 309 10/30/2018 11:42:02 AM 310 CCAR 13-2.indb 310 APPENDIX C: DATA Citation 2017 ONSC 6839 2017 ONSC 5583 2017 ONSC 5382 2017 ONSC 4612 2017 ONSC 4692 2017 ONSC 3462 2017 ONSC 2498 2017 ONSC 2218 2017 ONSC 2189 2016 ONSC 7854 2016 ONSC 3829 201......
  • Book Review: Class Actions in Canada: The Promise and Reality of Access to Justice By Jasminka Kalajdzic
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 13-2, March 2018
    • March 1, 2018
    ...1,000,000 500,000 0 Action Type CCAR 13-2.indb 309 10/30/2018 11:42:02 AM 310 CCAR 13-2.indb 310 APPENDIX C: DATA Citation 2017 ONSC 6839 2017 ONSC 5583 2017 ONSC 5382 2017 ONSC 4612 2017 ONSC 4692 2017 ONSC 3462 2017 ONSC 2498 2017 ONSC 2218 2017 ONSC 2189 2016 ONSC 7854 2016 ONSC 3829 201......
  • Our Aging Cpa: It’s Time for Ontario to 'opt-in' to a Modern Global Class-actions Framework
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 13-2, March 2018
    • March 1, 2018
    ...1,000,000 500,000 0 Action Type CCAR 13-2.indb 309 10/30/2018 11:42:02 AM 310 CCAR 13-2.indb 310 APPENDIX C: DATA Citation 2017 ONSC 6839 2017 ONSC 5583 2017 ONSC 5382 2017 ONSC 4612 2017 ONSC 4692 2017 ONSC 3462 2017 ONSC 2498 2017 ONSC 2218 2017 ONSC 2189 2016 ONSC 7854 2016 ONSC 3829 201......
  • Foreword
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-1, December 2018
    • December 1, 2018
    ...In certain instances, judges have even found that section 31 adds nothing to the considerations 17 Das v George Weston Ltd, 2017 ONSC 5583 [Das]. 18 LCO 2013, above note 4 at 9; LCO 2018, above note 4 at 22; Das, ibid at paras 49–50. 19 LCO 2013, above note 4 at 9; LCO 2018, above note 4 at......
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