Canada:
Amendments To The BC Class Proceedings Act Will Come Into Force On October 1, 2018
03 August 2018
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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On April 23, 2018, the BC's Attorney General announced that the government was tabling
major amendments to BC's Class
Proceedings Act. The amendments received Royal Assent on May 17, and will
switch BC from an "opt in" to an "opt out"
jurisdiction and establish a framework for the certification of
multi-jurisdictional class proceedings. October 1, 2018 has now been set as the date on
which the amendments will come into force. You can read more about
the amendments in our previous post,
here.
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