The following article appeared in the Law Times on March 27, 2017. Visit the original article. As the Republican Congress in the U.S. puts its weight behind a bill that will require class plaintiffs and class members to suffer identical injuries, thereby severely restricting participation in class actions, Canadian courts have once again affirmed that …
Month: March 2017
John Phillips’ Win on CBC.ca: “Judge Calls RCMP Treatment of Sergeant ‘Outrageous’ in Bullying Case”
The following article appeared on CBC.ca on March 1, 2017. Visit the original article. The judge in a lawsuit against the RCMP has called the national police force’s treatment of plaintiff Sgt. Peter Merrifield “outrageous” and has chastised the force for its lack of credibility and forthrightness in defending the case. “The defendants had a reckless disregard of …