Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. et al. v. Microsoft Corp. et al.,

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, C.J.C., LeBel, Fish, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner, JJ.
Citation[2013] N.R. TBEd. OC.027,2013 SCC 57
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Date31 October 2013

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    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 16, 2019
    ...v. Toronto (City), 2001 SCC 68 at para. 18. [10] Western Canadian Shopping Centres Inc. v. Dutton, 2001 SCC 46 at paras. 39 and 40. [11] 2013 SCC 57 at para. 106. [12] Batten v. Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd., 2017 ONSC 53, aff’d, 2017 ONSC 6098 (Div. Ct.), leave to appeal refused (28 F......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 4, 2015
    ...87 O.R. (3d) 401; Fulawka v. Bank of Nova Scotia, 2012 ONCA 443, 111 O.R. (3d) 346; Pro‑Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 477; St. Lawrence Cement Inc. v. Barrette, 2008 SCC 64, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 392; M. (K.) v. M. (H.), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 6; Novak v. Bo......
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    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 12, 2022
    ... at paras. 26 to 29. [18] Hollick v. Toronto (City), [2001] 3 S.C.R. 158 at para. 25; Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57 at paras. 99-105; Taub v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Co., (1998) 40 O.R. (3d) 379 (Gen. Div.), aff’d (1999), 42 O.R. (3d) 576 (......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
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    ...C.J. and LeBel, Fish, Abella, Rothstein, Moldaver and Wagner JJ.: Having decided in Pro‑Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 477 , that indirect purchasers have the right to bring an action, a question in this case is whether the additional challenges......
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  • Eisenberg v. Toronto (City)
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 16, 2019
    ...v. Toronto (City), 2001 SCC 68 at para. 18. [10] Western Canadian Shopping Centres Inc. v. Dutton, 2001 SCC 46 at paras. 39 and 40. [11] 2013 SCC 57 at para. 106. [12] Batten v. Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd., 2017 ONSC 53, aff’d, 2017 ONSC 6098 (Div. Ct.), leave to appeal refused (28 F......
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. Green
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 4, 2015
    ...87 O.R. (3d) 401; Fulawka v. Bank of Nova Scotia, 2012 ONCA 443, 111 O.R. (3d) 346; Pro‑Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 477; St. Lawrence Cement Inc. v. Barrette, 2008 SCC 64, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 392; M. (K.) v. M. (H.), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 6; Novak v. Bo......
  • Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 12, 2022
    ... at paras. 26 to 29. [18] Hollick v. Toronto (City), [2001] 3 S.C.R. 158 at para. 25; Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57 at paras. 99-105; Taub v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Co., (1998) 40 O.R. (3d) 379 (Gen. Div.), aff’d (1999), 42 O.R. (3d) 576 (......
  • Sun‑Rype Products Ltd. v. Archer Daniels Midland Company
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 31, 2013
    ...C.J. and LeBel, Fish, Abella, Rothstein, Moldaver and Wagner JJ.: Having decided in Pro‑Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 477 , that indirect purchasers have the right to bring an action, a question in this case is whether the additional challenges......
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    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 19, 2025
    ...8191 (Ont. C.A.), Great West Van Conversions Inc. v. Langeuin, [2000] B.C.J. No. 2547, Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57, Great West Van Conversions Inc. v. Langevin, 2000 BCSC 1830, Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve Ltd. v. Toromont Industries Ltd. et. al., ......
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    • June 2, 2021
    ...Toronto, 2001 SCC 68, Ragoonanan Estate v. Imperial Tobacco (2005), 78 O.R. (3d) 98 (S.C.), Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corp., 2013 SCC 57, Western Canadian Shopping Centres Inc. v. Dutton, 2001 SCC 46, Thorburn v. British Columbia, 2013 BCCA 480, Dennis v. Ontario Lottery and Gam......
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    ...Shopping Centres Inc. v. Dutton, 2001 SCC 46, Hodge v. Neinstein, 2017 ONCA 494, Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57, Western Canadian Shopping Centres Inc. v. Dutton, 2001 SCC 46, Good v. Toronto (Police Services Board), 2016 ONCA 250, Rumley v. British Columbia,......
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    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 2, 2021
    ...Bank of Commerce, 2020 ONSC 6098, Fulawka v. Bank of Nova Scotia, 2012 ONCA 443, Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57, Bancroft-Snell v. Visa Canada Corporation, 2019 ONCA 822 facts: The appellant appealed from all of the motion judge's determinations. The responde......
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-1, December 2018
    • December 1, 2018
    ...above note 15 at para 63. 99 Gourlay, above note 5 at 279. 100 See Section A, above in this chapter. See also Gourlay, ibid at 280–81. 101 2013 SCC 57 Class Actions Twenty‑Five  Years On 205 argued, but the Hollick standard of “some basis in fact” for each of the certification criteria exce......
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    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 16-2, March 2021
    • March 1, 2021
    ...note 127, s 4(1)(e); ON CPA, above note 127, s 5(1)(e); AB CPA, above note 127, s 5(1)(e). 150 Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd v Microsoft Corp, 2013 SCC 57 [Microsoft] at para 105. 151 Hollick, above note 64 at para 16 [emphasis added]. 152 Finkel v Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, 2017 BCCA 3......
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 14-1, December 2018
    • December 1, 2018
    ...above note 15 at para 63. 99 Gourlay, above note 5 at 279. 100 See Section A, above in this chapter. See also Gourlay, ibid at 280–81. 101 2013 SCC 57 Class Actions Twenty‑Five  Years On 205 argued, but the Hollick standard of “some basis in fact” for each of the certification criteria exce......
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    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 11-1, October 2015
    • October 1, 2015
    ...Canada Corp, 2014 ONCA 419 at para 82; Blackwater, above note 38 at para 91. 44 Cf Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd v Microsoft Corporation, 2013 SCC 57 [Pro-Sys]. 45 See Hollick v Toronto (City), 2001 SCC 68 at para 16 [Hollick]; Pro-Sys, above note 44 at para 102. 46 See Western Canadian Shopping ......
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