The court directed that the following be done in advance of the trial: Plaintiff’s counsel to finalize Index of joint document books and provide to defence counsel as soon as practical Plaintiff’s counsel to provide list of potential Examination for Discovery candidates by June 29th, 2007 Defendants to conduct an additional search for relevant documents, … Continued
At that conference, the court directed that Plaintiff’s counsel is to finalize a proposed Agreed Book of Documents by May 4, 2007 and a proposed Agreed Statement of Facts by May 25th, 2007. Another Case Management Conference is to be held before June 8th. to discuss cut off dates for futher matters such as examinations … Continued
At the case management conference Judge Bennett directed that: the matter was to be set down for a 4 week trial of the common isses all parties were to complete electronic document exchange, whereafter class counsel would prepare and circulate a proposed agreed statement of facts and list of agreed documents for use at trial.
PROCEDURE TO OPT IN OR OPT OUT Participation in the class action is not mandatory. By reading the definition of the class in the Certification Order, all persons will be able to learn whether they are or could be included in the class. BRITISH COLUMBIA RESIDENTS British Columbia residents who are within the definition of … Continued
On Thursday, February 13, 2005 the Honourable Judge Elizabeth Bennett pronounced Reasons for Judgement certifying the Western Star proceeding as a class action under the Class Proceedings Act.As well, the judge ordered that the pension claims and the employment claims be “severed”. This required class counsel to commence a separate action for the employment claims, … Continued
On June 30, 2003 with the assistance of the Case Management Judge, a new hearing was scheduled for September 11, 2003. At that hearing, class counsel intended to seek to have the court resolve all outstanding issues relating to certification of the pension class action. These issues primariliy relate to the appropriate subclasses for the … Continued
Tuesday, October 15, 2002 TevlinGleadle appeared again in the British Columbia Supreme Court before Madam Justice Bennett, and presented submissions as to why the action commenced in this proceeding should be certified as a class action: Copy of Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Argument in favour of Certification Submissions were made by counsel for Freightliner and the … Continued
On September 13, 2002, TevlinGleadle filed with the court a written submission with a summary of the case, and reasons why, in the plaintiff’s view, it would be appropriate for this matter to continue as a class proceeding. Our submission can be found at: Plaintiff’s Submission on Certification Motion
On July 24th, 2002 TevlinGleadle filed documents with the Supreme Court of British Columbia in support of the plaintiff’s application for certification. These documents can be viewed by clicking the following links: Peter Gregg’s Notice of Motion, dated July 24, 2002, a document setting out the orders that will be sought at the certification hearing … Continued
On July 10, 2002 TevlinGleadle received notice that the Supreme Court of British Columbia had appointed Madam Justice Bennett as the judge who will be responsible for the trial of the action, as well as pre-trial management matters, including the certification hearing and all other motions in the case, unless otherwise ordered. Notice of Assignment … Continued
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