We approach class action litigation to win, either in court, or through strategically negotiated settlements. It is critical to have an experienced legal team who can advocate for you and develop a strong tactical response.
Our Fasken team is known in Canada and internationally for our class action expertise, strategic ability and excellent client service. We have been counsel on many of Canada’s most closely watched class action lawsuits in recent years and have acted for world class clients on precedent-setting matters. Our lawyers specialize in providing seamless representation in multiple jurisdictions across Canada, and work with our clients’ counsel in other countries to ensure effective coordination of parallel cross-border cases.
Developing an appropriate strategy to mitigate risk and manage the defence of a class action matter is critical, and a deep understanding of our clients’ business and industry areas allows us to provide practical advice. We use creative approaches that go “outside the box” to reduce the impacts on our clients of lengthy litigation, often in multiple jurisdictions, through early substantive and procedural challenges.
Significantly, our team has recognized leaders in the law relating to key class action battlegrounds today, including Securities, Insurance, Privacy, Product Liability, Indigenous and Competition Law. Simply put, Fasken stands apart.
Looking for an overview of class actions in Canada?
Our video series, Anatomy of a Class Action, provides a short introduction to Canadian class actions, focusing on strategic moments in class action procedure and comparisons to the U.S. experience. Each episode takes viewers through a major phase of class action litigation, starting with the procedural “maze” created by multijurisdictional class actions and ending with the “hard fought end” of settlement or trial.
