Is there any case law where a motion judge concluded that a class action plan is vague and incomplete and will soon become unmanageable?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lacroix v. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2012 ONCA 243 (CanLII):

Finally, the motion judge also concluded [Lacroix v. Canada Mortgage, [2009] O.J. No. 316 (S.C.J.), at para. 148], in respect of s. 5(1)(e) of the Class Proceedings Act, that the appellants' "litigation plan is vague and incomplete and the proceedings will soon become unmanageable".

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