Kett v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Judge | Honourable Mr. Justice Branch |
| Neutral Citation | 2020 BCSC 1879 |
| Docket Number | S1813758 |
| Citation | 2020 BCSC 1879 |
| Date | 01 December 2020 |
| Court | Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) |
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22 practice notes
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NEVSUN, ATLANTIC LOTTERY, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OR THE 2020 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA MOTION TO STRIKE DECISIONS ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW.
...744. (128) See La Rose v Canada, 2020 FC 1008, 2020 CarswellNat 4510 [La Rose]. (129) See Kelt v Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879, 2020 CarswellBC 3078; Wakeling v Desjardins General Insurance Group Inc, 2020 ONSC 6809, 2020 CarswellOnt 16986 (130) See Autorite des marches f......
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2025 BCSC 92,
...v. Insurance Corp of British Columbia (1996), 22 B.C.L.R. (3d) 49, 1996 CanLII 2819 (S.C.) and Kett v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879 at paras. 1, 21 Moreover, as further discussed below, the defendants submit that there are individual material differences among defendants......
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Gifford v Air Canada,
...on a class-wide basis. 192 The Defendants submit that the concerns expressed by Branch J. in Kett v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879, at para. 159 apply here: [159] A credible and plausible methodology must be capable of proving “common impact” that is “common to all the me......
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ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd v Energy Dynamics Ltd,
...v Goodyear Canada Inc, 2020 ABQB 252 at paras 28-29, rev'd on other grounds 2021 ABCA 182; Kett v Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879 at para 74; Nissan Canada Inc v Mueller, 2022 BCCA 338 at para 41, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 40479 (4 May 2023) [ Nissan Canada]. 104 Nume......
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18 cases
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2025 BCSC 92,
...v. Insurance Corp of British Columbia (1996), 22 B.C.L.R. (3d) 49, 1996 CanLII 2819 (S.C.) and Kett v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879 at paras. 1, 21 Moreover, as further discussed below, the defendants submit that there are individual material differences among defendants......
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Gifford v Air Canada,
...on a class-wide basis. 192 The Defendants submit that the concerns expressed by Branch J. in Kett v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879, at para. 159 apply here: [159] A credible and plausible methodology must be capable of proving “common impact” that is “common to all the me......
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ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd v Energy Dynamics Ltd,
...v Goodyear Canada Inc, 2020 ABQB 252 at paras 28-29, rev'd on other grounds 2021 ABCA 182; Kett v Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879 at para 74; Nissan Canada Inc v Mueller, 2022 BCCA 338 at para 41, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 40479 (4 May 2023) [ Nissan Canada]. 104 Nume......
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British Columbia v Apotex Inc.,
...v. Insurance Corp of British Columbia (1996), 22 B.C.L.R. (3d) 49, 1996 CanLII 2819 (S.C.) and Kett v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879 at paras. 1, 21 Moreover, as further discussed below, the defendants submit that there are individual material differences among defendants......
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3 firm's commentaries
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Product Liability And Class Actions
...Cook (Canada) Inc., 2020 ONSC 128 (Div Ct) 2. Williamson v Johnson & Johnson, 2020 BCSC 1746. 3. Kett v Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879 at para 159; Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57. 4. 2020 ONSC 5462 ("Maginnis") 5. 2020 QCCS 4270 About BLG The......
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Proposed Class Action Found To Be "Too Big To Certify"
...is a limit to what can be advanced as a class proceeding in the Court. See the decision here: https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/20/18/2020BCSC1879.htm Footnotes 1. Kett v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1897 2. Class Proceedings Act, RSBC 1996, c 50 [CPA] 3. Kett at para 193. ......
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"Too Big To Certify"
...v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879, Justice Branch dismissed a certification application because the case was "too big to certify". The case confirms that there are limits to the scale of class actions-while plaintiffs may create the appearance of commonality through abstra......
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NEVSUN, ATLANTIC LOTTERY, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OR THE 2020 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA MOTION TO STRIKE DECISIONS ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW.
...744. (128) See La Rose v Canada, 2020 FC 1008, 2020 CarswellNat 4510 [La Rose]. (129) See Kelt v Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879, 2020 CarswellBC 3078; Wakeling v Desjardins General Insurance Group Inc, 2020 ONSC 6809, 2020 CarswellOnt 16986 (130) See Autorite des marches f......