National Coordination of Class Actions – Lessons from Strathdee v. Johnson & Johnson

National or multi-jurisdictional class actions are common in Canada, regularly giving rise to parallel and overlapping cases across multiple provinces. This often happens in life sciences litigation, where claims relating to the same drug or device are advanced in multiple jurisdictions, leading to carriage disputes and allegations of abuse of process. Without a national framework for managing class proceedings, Canadian courts are often called upon to decide how overlapping class actions should…
By: Bennett Jones LLP