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The Canadian experience with class actions: access to justice or just a new moneymaking product line for lawyers?

Citation: Watson, Garry D. (2003) The Canadian experience with class actions: access to justice or just a new moneymaking product line for lawyers? Amicus Curiae, 2003 (45).

The author looks at emergence of class actions in Canadian litigation and considers the extent to which they provide access to justice or are just another profitable product line for lawyers. A class action is one in which a representative plaintiff sues on behalf of a defined class of claimants whose claims raise a common issue of fact or law. Article by Professor Garry D. Watson QC (Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, Torono and IALS Inns of Court Fellow). Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

Additional Information: Law
Creators: Watson, Garry D. and
Subjects: Law
Keywords: Access to justice, Legal aid, Administration of justice, Canada
Divisions: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Collections: Amicus Curiae
Dates:
  • 2003 ()

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