Indigenous
5%
Competition
2%
Privacy
2%
Personal rights
20%
Environment
12%
Automotive industry
10%
Investment and financial services
3%
Pharmaceutical and medical devices
10%
Intellectual property
3%
Consumer
protection
28%
Civil/extracontractual liability
5%
New class actions –
Areas of practice
2022
January
2
4
6
8
10
12
0
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2022
2021
New class action filings
2021-2022
Applications for authorization
Authorized
61%
Dismissed
23%
Settled
16%
Appeals of judgments on applications for authorization
Dismissal of authorization overturned
58%
Dismissal of authorization upheld
25%
Authorization overturned
17%
Indigenous
Competition
Privacy
Personal rights
Environment
Automotive industry
Investment and
financial services
Pharmaceutical and
medical devices
Intellectual property
Consumer protection
Civil/extracontractual
liability
Authorized
Dismissed
Settled
Dismissal of authorization overturned
Dismissal of authorization upheld
Authorization overturned
1
1. A total of 72 applications for authorization were filed in Québec in 2021, whereas only 48 were filed in 2022.
In comparison, 98 class actions were instituted in 2020.
2
2. Fifty-seven judgments on applications for authorization were rendered by the Superior Court in 2022.
3
3. Twelve judgments on authorization were rendered by
the Court of Appeal pursuant to art. 578 CCP.
Sources :
(1)(2)(3) Source – compilation of applications for authorization identified in the Registry of class actions and the Class Action Database of
the Canadian Bar Association between January 1 and December 31, 2022.
Files at the
merits stage:
242
Files at the authorization stage:
266
Files stayed:
(multijurisdictional and other actions)
86
Statistics for the Montréal Division of the Court of Appeal
(4) Source – Superior Court of Québec on April 4, 2023. Information provided for the Montreal appeal division only.
*The author thanks Charlotte Rémillard, articling student, and Amély Lewis, student-at-law, for their invaluable contribution.