CELA lawyer Richard Lindgren delivered a guest lecture to criminology students at Carleton University in relation to using legal tools to address ecological crime.
Webinar: Ecological Crime and Access to Justice: A Public Interest Perspective
Tag: class actions
Response to Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2020 (Bill 161)
Theresa McClenaghan wrote a brief to support her testimony to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy regading problematic aspects of Bill 161 that affect the Class Proceedings Act, the Judicial Review Procedure Act, and the Legal Aid Services Act.
Blog: Environmental Class Actions – The Need for Reform in Ontario
FRANCAIS Blog post by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on June 5, 2018 In a previous blog, CELA reviewed the public policy basis for enabling people to commence class actions in cases involving widespread harm to the environment or public health. To date,…
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Re: Ontario Class Action Reform Response to Law Commission of Ontario consultation paper – Class Actions: Objectives, Experiences and Reforms(March 2018)
Title: Re: Ontario Class Action Reform Response to Law Commission of Ontario consultation paper - Class Actions: Objectives, Experiences and Reforms(March 2018) Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content: 1192-OntarioClassActionReform # of Pages: 16 Date authored: May 31, 2018 Publication number:…
Blog: Toxic Torts Update: Ontario’s Class Action Law under Review
Blog post by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on November 17, 2017 Since the 1970s, CELA has called for class action reform to enable individuals to bring civil claims on behalf of large groups of people whose health or property has been…
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