Understanding Class Actions Through a Historical Overview and Empirical Data From Quebec From the Past Twenty-five Years

AuthorCatherine Piché
Pages201-239
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Understanding Class Actions Through a Historical
Overview and Empirical Data from Quebec from the
Past Twenty-Five Years
Catherine Piché
: This paper is the f‌irst empirical report of activities conducted at
the Class Actions Lab at the University of Montreal. The paper addresses
the volume of class actions in Quebec and Ontario (by way of compari-
son), the probability of class actions settling out of court, substantive
claims pursued in class actions, and average duration and delays in class
actions. It also discusses how class action success should be measured,
and whether class members have actually been compensated in Quebec
class actions over the course of the past twenty-f‌ive years. Factors af‌fect-
ing class member compensation are addressed as well. A broad overview
of the history and evolution of class actions in Quebec serves to context-
ualize trends noted in the empirical analysis.
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