The plan falls short of providing essential elements which should be addressed in any litigation plan as outlined by Nordheimer J. in Bellair v. Independent Orders of Foresters (2004), 5 C.P.C. (6th) 64. “(i) the steps that are going to be taken to identify necessary witnesses and to locate them and gather their evidence; (ii) the collection of relevant documents from members of the class as well as others; (iii) the exchange and management of documents produced by all parties; (iv) ongoing reporting to the class; (v) mechanisms for responding to inquiries from class members; (vi) whether the discovery of individuals class members is likely and, if so, the intended process for conducting those discoveries; (vii) the need for experts and, if needed, how those experts are going to be identified and retained; (viii) if individual issues remain after the determination of the common issues, what plan is proposed for resolving those individual issues, and; (ix) a plan for how damages or any other forms of relief are to be assessed or determined after the common issues have been decided.”
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