PIETT v. GLOBAL LEARNING GROUP INC.

JurisdictionSaskatchewan
JudgeMcCREARY J.
Neutral Citation2021 SKQB 232
Citation2021 SKQB 232
Date27 August 2021
CourtCourt of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Docket NumberQBG 590 of 2016

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8 practice notes
  • MacInnis v Bayer Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • March 20, 2023
    ...that costs have been awarded when a certification application is dismissed: see, for example, Piett v Global Learning Group Inc., 2021 SKQB 232, 2021 DTC 5115 [ Piett]; Kish v Facebook Canada Ltd., 2021 SKQB 198 [ Kish]; and M.R.L.P. v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SKQB 101. However, cost......
  • 2025 BCSC 1106,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...never reached a determination on the merits. Rather, the action was stayed as an abuse of process: Piett v. Global Learning Group Inc., 2021 SKQB 232. This finding was upheld on appeal: 2022 SKCA 141. Regarding the nature of the abuse, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan quoted the lower c......
  • Mayer v Merchant Law Group LLP,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • June 16, 2025
    ...never reached a determination on the merits. Rather, the action was stayed as an abuse of process: Piett v. Global Learning Group Inc., 2021 SKQB 232. This finding was upheld on appeal: 2022 SKCA 141. Regarding the nature of the abuse, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan quoted the lower c......
  • 2024 BCSC 644,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2024
    ...2013 BCSC 1341 at para. 56. A class action brought for an improper purpose is an abuse of process: Piett v. Global Learning Group Inc., 2021 SKQB 232 at paras. 49–51, leave to appeal ref'd, 2022 SKCA 16 Determining whether a duplicative action is an abuse of process and ought to be stayed r......
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8 cases
  • MacInnis v Bayer Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • March 20, 2023
    ...that costs have been awarded when a certification application is dismissed: see, for example, Piett v Global Learning Group Inc., 2021 SKQB 232, 2021 DTC 5115 [ Piett]; Kish v Facebook Canada Ltd., 2021 SKQB 198 [ Kish]; and M.R.L.P. v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SKQB 101. However, cost......
  • 2025 BCSC 1106,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...never reached a determination on the merits. Rather, the action was stayed as an abuse of process: Piett v. Global Learning Group Inc., 2021 SKQB 232. This finding was upheld on appeal: 2022 SKCA 141. Regarding the nature of the abuse, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan quoted the lower c......
  • Mayer v Merchant Law Group LLP,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • June 16, 2025
    ...never reached a determination on the merits. Rather, the action was stayed as an abuse of process: Piett v. Global Learning Group Inc., 2021 SKQB 232. This finding was upheld on appeal: 2022 SKCA 141. Regarding the nature of the abuse, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan quoted the lower c......
  • 2024 BCSC 644,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2024
    ...2013 BCSC 1341 at para. 56. A class action brought for an improper purpose is an abuse of process: Piett v. Global Learning Group Inc., 2021 SKQB 232 at paras. 49–51, leave to appeal ref'd, 2022 SKCA 16 Determining whether a duplicative action is an abuse of process and ought to be stayed r......
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