Can a superior court judge appointed to a provincial jurisdiction preside over a pan-national class action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Souleiman v. Yuusuf, 2021 ONSC 6994 (CanLII):
Endean v. British Columbia, 2016 SCC 42 (CanLII), [2016] 2 S.C.R.162 addresses the inherent jurisdiction of superior courts in the context of pan-national class actions and answers the question whether a superior court judge appointed to one province may preside in another provincial jurisdiction. Justice Cromwell writes at paras 22 to 24:
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