Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc.

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeFeldman,Pardu,Nordheimer
Citation2019 ONCA 1
Docket NumberC65073
Date02 January 2019

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  • Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 26, 2020
    ...Arbitration” (2006), 2 Hastings Bus. L.J. 1. APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (Feldman, Pardu and Nordheimer JJ.A.), 2019 ONCA 1, 145 O.R. (3d) 81 , 430 D.L.R. (4th) 410 , 31 C.P.C. (8th) 1, 52 C.C.E.L. (4th) 10 , 85 B.L.R. (5th) 1 , 2019 CLLC ¶210-027, [2019] O.J.......
  • Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 12, 2021
    ...Released: August 12, 2021 [1] S.O. 1992, c. 6 . [2] S.O. 2000, c. 41 . [3] Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16 , aff’g 2019 ONCA 1, which rev’d 2018 ONSC [4] R.S.C. 1985, c. C -8. [5] S.C. 1996, c. 23 . [6] Montaque v. Handa Travel Student Trip Ltd., 2020 ONSC......
  • Illegality
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • August 4, 2020
    ...77 Czarnikow v Roth, Schmidt & Co , [1922] 2 KB 478 (CA). 78 Scott v Avery (1856), 5 HL Cas 881. 79 See Heller v Uber Technologies Inc , 2019 ONCA 1, 430 DLR (4th) 410 (see the discussion about this case in Chapter 11, Section D(6)). 80 See, for example, Arbitration Act, 1991 , SO 1991, c 1......
  • L’accès à La Justice Pour Les Personnes Vulnérables Par La Voie de L’action Collective en Droit Québécois
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 16-1, December 2020
    • December 1, 2020
    ...actions, specifically looking to the viability of arbitration clauses as explored in Heller v Uber Technologies Inc, 2018 ONSC 718 , 2019 ONCA 1. While the lower court upheld Uber’s arbitration clause and stayed the proposed class action in favour of arbitration in the Netherlands, the sta......
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  • Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 26, 2020
    ...Arbitration” (2006), 2 Hastings Bus. L.J. 1. APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (Feldman, Pardu and Nordheimer JJ.A.), 2019 ONCA 1, 145 O.R. (3d) 81 , 430 D.L.R. (4th) 410 , 31 C.P.C. (8th) 1, 52 C.C.E.L. (4th) 10 , 85 B.L.R. (5th) 1 , 2019 CLLC ¶210-027, [2019] O.J.......
  • Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 12, 2021
    ...Released: August 12, 2021 [1] S.O. 1992, c. 6 . [2] S.O. 2000, c. 41 . [3] Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16 , aff’g 2019 ONCA 1, which rev’d 2018 ONSC [4] R.S.C. 1985, c. C -8. [5] S.C. 1996, c. 23 . [6] Montaque v. Handa Travel Student Trip Ltd., 2020 ONSC......
  • Electek Power Services Inc. v. Greenfield Energy Centre Limited Partnership
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • February 8, 2022
    ...FCT 1148 (CanLII). [49] Rhinehart v. Legend 3D Canada Inc., 2019 ONSC 3296; Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. 2020 SCC 16, aff’g 2019 ONCA 1, rev’g 2018 ONSC [50] Rhinehart v. Legend 3D Canada Inc., 2019 ONSC 3296; 2986806 Ontario Ltd. v. Blyth, 2016 ONSC 8087; Nazarinia Holdin......
  • Wasylyk v Lyft, Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • January 30, 2024
    ...(1987) inc. v. Desputeaux, 2003 SCC 17 . 32 See Davis v. Amazon Canada Fulfillment Services ULC, 2023 ONSC 3665 . 33 2020 SCC 16 . 34 2019 ONCA 1 35 2023 ONSC 36 Unique Broadband Systems Inc. (Re), 2014 ONCA 538 at para. 87; Ventas, Inc. v. Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment......
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32 firm's commentaries
  • Blaney's Appeals: Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 1 – 4, 2019)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 9, 2019
    ...Have a nice weekend. John Polyzogopoulos Blaney McMurtry LLP 416.593.2953 Email CIVIL DECISIONS Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., 2019 ONCA 1 [Feldman, Pardu and Nordheimer JJ.A.] Counsel: M. Wright, D. Stampley, L. Samfiru, S. Gillman and J. Omran, for the appellant L. Talbot and S. Whitmo......
  • Top 10 Developments In Canadian Employment And Labour Law In 2019
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 14, 2020
    ...Kicking off our list is the Ontario Court of Appeal's (Court of Appeal) first decision of 2019: Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., 2019 ONCA 1. In this proposed class action, the central claim is that Uber drivers are "employees," not independent contractors, and are entitled to the rights e......
  • Top 10 Canadian Labour & Employment Law Developments of 2019
    • Canada
    • LexBlog Canada
    • December 31, 2019
    ...testing technologies and technical limitations. Enforceability of arbitration clauses under scrutiny. In Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., 2019 ONCA 1, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that an arbitration clause included in contracts between Uber and its drivers was invalid and unenforceabl......
  • Supreme Court Of Canada's Uber Ruling Provides A Roadmap To Navigate Between Arbitration And Class Actions
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 3, 2020
    ...for a dispute worth less than US$200,000. See Heller v Uber Technologies, 2018 ONSC 718 at para 25. 10 Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., 2019 ONCA 1 ["Uber 11 Uber ONCA at para.27 12 Uber ONCA at para.39 13 E.g. Xerox Canada Ltd. v. MPI Technologies Inc., 2006 CanLII 41006 (O N SC) at pa......
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11 books & journal articles
  • Illegality
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • August 4, 2020
    ...77 Czarnikow v Roth, Schmidt & Co , [1922] 2 KB 478 (CA). 78 Scott v Avery (1856), 5 HL Cas 881. 79 See Heller v Uber Technologies Inc , 2019 ONCA 1, 430 DLR (4th) 410 (see the discussion about this case in Chapter 11, Section D(6)). 80 See, for example, Arbitration Act, 1991 , SO 1991, c 1......
  • Introduction
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 16-1, December 2020
    • December 1, 2020
    ...actions, specifically looking to the viability of arbitration clauses as explored in Heller v Uber Technologies Inc, 2018 ONSC 718 , 2019 ONCA 1. While the lower court upheld Uber’s arbitration clause and stayed the proposed class action in favour of arbitration in the Netherlands, the sta......
  • L’accès à La Justice Pour Les Personnes Vulnérables Par La Voie de L’action Collective en Droit Québécois
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 16-1, December 2020
    • December 1, 2020
    ...actions, specifically looking to the viability of arbitration clauses as explored in Heller v Uber Technologies Inc, 2018 ONSC 718 , 2019 ONCA 1. While the lower court upheld Uber’s arbitration clause and stayed the proposed class action in favour of arbitration in the Netherlands, the sta......
  • Entering a Legal Void: Independent Contractors and Class Actions Post-heller
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 16-1, December 2020
    • December 1, 2020
    ...actions, specifically looking to the viability of arbitration clauses as explored in Heller v Uber Technologies Inc, 2018 ONSC 718 , 2019 ONCA 1. While the lower court upheld Uber’s arbitration clause and stayed the proposed class action in favour of arbitration in the Netherlands, the sta......
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