Indigenous
1%
Competition
4%
Privacy
5%
Personal rights
1%
Environment
4%
Automotive industry
11%
Investment and financial services
6%
Cosmetic, pharmaceutical and medical products
5%
Insurance
1%
Consumer law
16%
Civil liability
(abuse, aggression, violence, etc.)
7%
New class
action filings
January
2
4
6
8
10
12
0
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2023
2022
New applications
2022-2023
Applications for authorization
Authorized
42%
Dismissed
18%
Settled
19%
Appeals of judgments on applications for authorization
Dismissal of authorization overturned
10%
Dismissal of authorization upheld
40%
Authorization overturned
10%
Indigenous
Competition
Privacy
Personal rights
Environment
Automotive industry
Investment and financial services
Cosmetic, pharmaceutical and medical products
Insurance
Consumer law
Civil liability (abuse, aggression, violence, etc.)
Authorized
Dismissed
Settled
Dismissal of authorization overturned
Dismissal of authorization upheld
Authorization overturned
1
1. A total of 82 applications for authorization were filed in Québec in 2023, whereas only 48 were filed in 2022.
2
2. Fifty-seven judgments on applications for authorization were rendered by the Superior Court in 2023.
3
3. Ten 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, 2023.
Dossiers au stade du fond
242
Dossiers au stade de l’autorisation
266
Dossiers
suspendus
(recours multiterritoriaux et autres)
86
Données statistiques pour la Division d’appel de Montréal
(4) Source – Cour supérieure du Québec au 4 avril 2023. Informations fournies pour la Division d’appel de Montréal seulement.
*The author thanks Valérian Hébert-Ferrat and Émile Parent-Simard, students-at-law, for their invaluable collaboration. The author would also like to thank Jean Saint-Onge, Ad. E, for initiating this yearly review.
Crown liability
3%
Labour law
3%
Telecommunications
2%
Travel and transportation
1%
Civil liability (other)
6%
Health
5%
Neighbourhood disturbances
1%
Crown liability
Labour law
Telecommunications
Travel and transportation
Civil liability (other)
Health
Neighbourhood disturbances
14
Discontinued
21%
Discontinued
Authorization
upheld (leave to
appeal denied)
40%
Authorization upheld
(leave to appeal denied)
12