Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Bastarache, Michel; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise; Rothstein, Marshall
Citation[2007] 2 SCR 801,2007 SCC 34,EYB 2007-121973,JE 2007-1426,366 NR 1,[2007] SCJ No 34 (QL),34 BLR (4th) 155,[2007] ACS no 34,284 DLR (4th) 577
Docket Number31067
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Date13 July 2007

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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 17, 2023
    ...[1941] S.C.R. 448; Gignac v. Gauvin, 2009 QCCS 524, 73 C.C.P.B. 47; Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, 2007 SCC 34, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801; Barer v. Knight Brothers LLC, 2019 SCC 13, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 573; Ormuco inc. v. Ernst & Young, 2022 QCCA 405; Mines d'or Visible inc.......
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. Green
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 4, 2015
    ...St. Lawrence Cement Inc. v. Barrette, 2008 SCC 64, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 392; Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, 2007 SCC 34, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801; Turner v. London and South‑Western Railway Co. (1874), L.R. 17 Eq. 561; Gunn v. Harper (1902), 3 O.L.R. 693; Young v. Town of Gravenhurst......
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    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 15, 2009
    ...[2006] 1 S.C.R. 666; 348 N.R. 201; 2006 SCC 19, refd to. [para. 52]. Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs et al., [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801; 366 N.R. 1; 2007 SCC 34, refd to. [para. Ortenberg v. Plamondon (1915), 24 B.R. 69 (Que. C.A.), consd. [paras. 60, 113]. Zhang et al. v. Chau et a......
  • Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 26, 2020
    ...to govern. The Arbitration Act therefore governs. The Court set out a framework in Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801, and Seidel v. TELUS Communications Inc., [2011] 1 S.C.R. 531, for when a court should decide if an arbitrator has jurisdiction over a dispu......
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  • Sharp v Autorité des marchés financiers
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 17, 2023
    ...[1941] S.C.R. 448; Gignac v. Gauvin, 2009 QCCS 524, 73 C.C.P.B. 47; Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, 2007 SCC 34, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801; Barer v. Knight Brothers LLC, 2019 SCC 13, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 573; Ormuco inc. v. Ernst & Young, 2022 QCCA 405; Mines d'or Visible inc.......
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. Green
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 4, 2015
    ...St. Lawrence Cement Inc. v. Barrette, 2008 SCC 64, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 392; Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, 2007 SCC 34, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801; Turner v. London and South‑Western Railway Co. (1874), L.R. 17 Eq. 561; Gunn v. Harper (1902), 3 O.L.R. 693; Young v. Town of Gravenhurst......
  • Malhab v. Diffusion Métromédia CMR inc. et al., (2011) 412 N.R. 1 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 15, 2009
    ...[2006] 1 S.C.R. 666; 348 N.R. 201; 2006 SCC 19, refd to. [para. 52]. Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs et al., [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801; 366 N.R. 1; 2007 SCC 34, refd to. [para. Ortenberg v. Plamondon (1915), 24 B.R. 69 (Que. C.A.), consd. [paras. 60, 113]. Zhang et al. v. Chau et a......
  • Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 26, 2020
    ...to govern. The Arbitration Act therefore governs. The Court set out a framework in Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801, and Seidel v. TELUS Communications Inc., [2011] 1 S.C.R. 531, for when a court should decide if an arbitrator has jurisdiction over a dispu......
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    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 29, 2022
    ...Systems Inc. v. Bracknell Corp. (1994), 18 O.R. (3d) 257 (C.A.), Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, 2007 SCC 34, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801, Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16, 447 D.L.R. (4th) 179, Rogers Wireless Inc. v. Muroff, 2007 SCC 35, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 921, Canada (A......
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    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 20, 2012
    ...law continues to apply as it would to a traditional individual proceeding." See also Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801, at paras. 105-107: "The class action is a procedure, and its purpose is not to create a new right. ... [The] class action is clearly of p......
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    • February 2, 2017
    ...such provisions and stay court proceedings in favour of arbitration. Footnotes [1] Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801, at para. 84. See also Seidel v. Telus Communications Inc. [2011] 1 S.C.R. 531, at para. 4; also Ciano Trading & Services C.T. v. Skylink......
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    • July 12, 2017
    ...81 and 83. 7 See Desputeaux v. Ēditions Chouette (1987) Inc, [2003] 1 SCR 178, at p. 217; Dell Computer Corp. v Union des consommateurs, [2007] 2 SCR 801, at para 1, 169 and 176-178; Seidel v TELUS Communications Inc., [2011] 1 SCR 531, per LeBel and Deschamps JJ. (dissenting), at para 52 a......
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    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 6-1, April 2010
    • April 1, 2010
    ...to apply as it would to a traditional individual proceeding.”) [Bisaillon]. See also Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801 at paras. 105–7 [Dell] (“The class action is a procedure, and its purpose is not to create a new right . . . . [The] class action is clear......
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    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 6-1, April 2010
    • April 1, 2010
    ...to apply as it would to a traditional individual proceeding.”) [Bisaillon]. See also Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801 at paras. 105–7 [Dell] (“The class action is a procedure, and its purpose is not to create a new right . . . . [The] class action is clear......
  • Strategies to Avoid Or Mitigate Class Action Litigation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 6-1, April 2010
    • April 1, 2010
    ...to apply as it would to a traditional individual proceeding.”) [Bisaillon]. See also Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801 at paras. 105–7 [Dell] (“The class action is a procedure, and its purpose is not to create a new right . . . . [The] class action is clear......
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