Keep Your Receipt: Evidence in the Class Actions Claims Process
Class actions are commenced on behalf of individuals (called “class members”) who all have the same, or similar, claims for damages. If you think that you may be affected by a class action, it is important to preserve certain evidence that could be helpful in making a claim in the class acti…
View the post titled Keep Your Receipt: Evidence in the Class Actions Claims ProcessCAROM V BRE-X MINERALS LTD: A Shocking Case Deserves A Shocking Conclusion
In her forthcoming article, The “Illusion of Compensation”: Cy près Distributions in Canadian Class Actions, class actions scholar, Professor Jasminka Kalajdzic, brings to comprehensive light the rather desultory state of cy près settlement jurisprudence in Canada.1 Professor Kalajdzic notes…
View the post titled CAROM V BRE-X MINERALS LTD: A Shocking Case Deserves A Shocking ConclusionSiskinds LLP Welcomes it’s Newest Partners
Siskinds welcomes Linda Visser, Paula Lombardi and Daniel Bach as partners to the firm. Siskinds, Canada’s national leader in class actions, welcomes its newest partners, Linda Visser, Paula Lombardi and Daniel Bach. Linda is a member in the Class Actions Department, with a focus on pr…
View the post titled Siskinds LLP Welcomes it’s Newest PartnersSiskinds LLP Announces Certification of Manulife Financial Corporation Securities Class Action
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View the post titled Siskinds LLP Announces Certification of Manulife Financial Corporation Securities Class ActionAnti-fracking bylaws: US Lawyer wins green Nobel prize
Helen Slottje, a lawyer in Ithaca, New York, was recently awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work “helping towns across New York defend themselves from oil and gas companies by passing local bans on fracking” (the US equivalent of anti-fracking bylaws). Her legal res…
View the post titled Anti-fracking bylaws: US Lawyer wins green Nobel prizeClean Air court win for US Environmental Protection Agency
The US Environmental Protection Agency has won an important court victory that may help clean the air in Ontario. About half of the air pollution in southern Ontario blows in from the US, mostly from coal-fired power generation stations. The EPA has been trying, for many years, to force thos…
View the post titled Clean Air court win for US Environmental Protection AgencyGolf Play Day wins $5,000 donation from Sunningdale Golf Club
At Sunningdale Golf Club’s 11th annual Charity Reception, the Siskinds Golf Play Day was the recipient of a $5,000 prize donation. The Siskinds Golf Play Day in support of the Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre is coming soon. This year, the event will receive a $5,00…
View the post titled Golf Play Day wins $5,000 donation from Sunningdale Golf ClubWind turbines don’t hurt property values
The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) has released a new report, again concluding that wind turbines do not adversely affect the value of nearby properties. “MPAC commissioned this study of the effects of industrial wind turbines (IWT) on the current value of property in…
View the post titled Wind turbines don’t hurt property valuesWaste Diversion Ontario and Stewardship Ontario to arbitrate
Waste diversion in Ontario is spawning an unusual amount of litigation this year. Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO), the delegated administrative authority which oversees several waste diversion programs under the Waste Diversion Act, is sending its breach of contract dispute with Stewardship On…
View the post titled Waste Diversion Ontario and Stewardship Ontario to arbitrateConcussions: No Longer Just “Getting Your Bell Rung”
A concussion is a traumatic brain injury. It will most likely occur from a direct or indirect blow to the head, face, jaw, or at the junction of the skull and neck. Stated otherwise, a concussion is caused by either a direct blow to the head or to another body region resulting in an abrupt a…
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