Fehr et al. v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada,

JurisdictionOntario
JudgePerell, J.
Neutral Citation2012 ONSC 2715
Subject MatterPRACTICE
Citation[2012] O.T.C. Uned. 2715 (SC),2012 ONSC 2715,[2012] O.T.C. Uned. 2715,[2012] OJ No 2029 (QL),[2012] OTC Uned 2715,[2012] OTC Uned 2715 (SC),[2012] O.J. No 2029 (QL)
Date07 May 2012
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
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82 practice notes
  • Introduction
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 13-2, March 2018
    • 1 March 2018
    ...of anonymous judges of that contest and the reviewers of the Canadian Class Action Review. Fehr v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2012 ONSC 2715 at para 163 1 2 CCAR 13-2.indb 193 10/30/2018 11:41:50 AM 194 The C a nadia n Cl a ss Action R eview argues that the current oversight mecha......
  • Class Actions Twenty-five Years On
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-1, December 2018
    • 1 December 2018
    ...to monitor third party funding agreements, and more comfortable with the principle of such funding in general. 59 Ibid at paras 35–37. 60 2012 ONSC 2715. 61 Ibid at para 89. See also Bayens, above note 39 at para 41. “Promptly,” according to the caselaw, means prior to certification or befo......
  • Shared Goals, Divided Jurisdiction: The Uneasy Relationship Between Class Actions and Administrative Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 16-1, December 2020
    • 1 December 2020
    ...The defendants did not oppose the court granting approval to the agreement.19 In approv16 Fehr v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2012 ONSC 2715 at para 89. 17 The Trustees of the Labourers’ Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada v Sino-Forest Corporation, 2012 ONSC 2937. 18 Ibid a......
  • Judicial Scrutiny of Third Party Litigation Funding Agreements in Canadian Class Actions
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 13-2, March 2018
    • 1 March 2018
    ...of anonymous judges of that contest and the reviewers of the Canadian Class Action Review. Fehr v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2012 ONSC 2715 at para 163 1 2 CCAR 13-2.indb 193 10/30/2018 11:41:50 AM 194 The C a nadia n Cl a ss Action R eview argues that the current oversight mecha......
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13 cases
  • IRENE BRECKON ET AL. v CERMAQ CANADA LTD. ET AL., 2024 FC 225
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • 9 February 2024
    ...referred to Justice Perell’s qualification of “prompt disclosure” in Fehr v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2012 ONSC 2715 [Fehr], where it was stated that “the court’s jurisdiction over the management and administration of proposed and certified cla......
  • Bayens et al. v. Kinross Gold Corp. et al., [2013] O.T.C. Uned. 4974
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • 26 July 2013
    ...Corporation , 2011 ONSC 1785 and 2011 ONSC 3147, and I attempted to make a contribution in Fehr v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada 2012 ONSC 2715. [38] Funding agreements have been approved in England and Australia: Arkin v. Borchard Lines Ltd. And Others , [2005] 1 W.L.R. 3055 (C.A.);......
  • L.C. et al. v. Alberta et al., 2016 ABQB 491
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 6 September 2016
    ...; Roth v Alberta , 2005 ABQB 505; C(L) v Alberta , 2012 ABQB 394; MS v DM , 2014 ABQB 702; Fehr v Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada , 2012 ONSC 2715; and Imperial Tobacco Company v Newfoundland and Labrador , 2007 NLTD 172. [25] Affidavits of Danielle Lorieau were filed in support of this ap......
  • Plimmer v. Google, Inc., [2013] B.C.T.C. Uned. 681
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • 18 April 2013
    ...to pay costs: see Dugal v. Manulife Financial Corporation , 2011 ONSC 1785 [ Dugal ]; and Fehr v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada , 2012 ONSC 2715 [ Fehr ]. [10] A practically identical provision to the B.C. provision for ex part e fee approval hearings exists in the Alberta Class Proc......
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7 firm's commentaries
  • COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (May 22, 2023 ' May 26, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 7 June 2023
    ...General) (2002), 61 O.R. (3d) 257 (C.A.), Houle v. St. Jude Medical Inc., 2017 ONSC 5129, Fehr v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2012 ONSC 2715, Brad-Jay Investments Limited v. Village Developments Limited (2006), 218 O.A.C. 315 (C.A.), Przyk v. Hamilton Retirement Group Ltd. (The Co......
  • The Dispute Resolution Review - 9th Edition
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 29 June 2017
    ...Nemours & Co (No. 2) (1986), 56 OR (2d) 722 at para. 25. 27 Dagenais v. Canadian Broadcasting Corp [1994] 3 SCR 835 at para. 77. 28 2012 ONSC 2715. 29 Bjornsson et al. v. Smith et al., 2016 MBCA 91 at paras 20-23. 30 The Canadian Bar Association, 'Conflicts of Interest Toolkit'. Availab......
  • Third Party Funding: A Short-Term Fad Or A Long-Term Trend That Is Here To Stay?
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 9 November 2018
    ...must be reasonable. The Funder cannot receive more than 50% of the proceeds of the litigation. 11 Fehr v Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada 2012 ONSC 2715. 12 Thank you to Cristina Borbely, Summer Law Read the original article on GowlingWLG.com The content of this article is intended to provi......
  • Court Rejects Plaintiffs' Request For In Camera Funding Approval Motion
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 18 May 2012
    ...for third party funding, the parties shall deliver factums. For more information, see Fehr v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2012 ONSC 2715 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific......
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62 books & journal articles
  • A Real and Substantial Look at Jurisdiction in the Civil and Class Action Settings
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 8-2, May 2013
    • 1 May 2013
    ...a representative cross-section of the class of the funding agreement (Ibid at para 15). In Fehr v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada 2012 ONSC 2715 [Fehr], Perell J agreed that the class can be bound by an order prior to certification. 38 Fehr, ibid. CCAR 8-2.indb 234 4/25/2013 3:10:36 PM......
  • Overview
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-1, December 2018
    • 1 December 2018
    ...to monitor third party funding agreements, and more comfortable with the principle of such funding in general. 59 Ibid at paras 35–37. 60 2012 ONSC 2715. 61 Ibid at para 89. See also Bayens, above note 39 at para 41. “Promptly,” according to the caselaw, means prior to certification or befo......
  • The Early Campaign for Reform and the Olrc Report
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-1, December 2018
    • 1 December 2018
    ...to monitor third party funding agreements, and more comfortable with the principle of such funding in general. 59 Ibid at paras 35–37. 60 2012 ONSC 2715. 61 Ibid at para 89. See also Bayens, above note 39 at para 41. “Promptly,” according to the caselaw, means prior to certification or befo......
  • The Report of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on Class Action Reform (1985-1993)
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-1, December 2018
    • 1 December 2018
    ...to monitor third party funding agreements, and more comfortable with the principle of such funding in general. 59 Ibid at paras 35–37. 60 2012 ONSC 2715. 61 Ibid at para 89. See also Bayens, above note 39 at para 41. “Promptly,” according to the caselaw, means prior to certification or befo......
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