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What is a Class Action? |
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Class actions are lawsuits in which the claims of many people, defined as having a common, but not identical interest, are decided in a single court proceeding brought by a representative plaintff. |
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| What are the benefits of joining a Class Action? |
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They avoid the necessity for hundreds, or thousands of people or groups to file similar individual lawsuits. |
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They help eliminate common barriers, such as economic barriers, which prevent people and groups from pursuing litigation. |
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They seek to ensure that people or groups with similar claims are treated similarly. |
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| Trust in the Siskinds Team |
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As the first to certify and settle a class action in Ontario under the 1992 Class Proceedings Act, Siskinds has followed up by establishing a track record that makes it a world leader in the practice of class action law. |
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The Siskinds class action team is comprised of a group of seasoned and talented litigators with a substantial record of success for their clients, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. Siskinds class action lawyers have specialties in the areas of product liability, competition act violations, consumer law, employment/pension issues, environmental actions, and securities litigation. |
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In addition to authoring Class Actions Law and Practice, a Butterworths publication and the leading Canadian text on the subject, members of the Siskinds class action team developed and teach a class action course at the University of Western Ontario. Team members are also frequent presenters at various continuing legal education seminars, professional conferences and meetings of the bar both in Canada and throughout the world. |
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