What is the effect of a motion to certify the proceedings as a class action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Barker v. Ontario, 2013 ONSC 7381 (CanLII):
On August 5, 2003, Mr. Justice Cullity dismissed the Plaintiffs’ motion to certify the proceedings as a class action finding that the issues were predominantly individual in nature. See Egglestone v. Barker, [2003] O.J. No. 3137 (S.C.J.)
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