What are the implications of class counsel’s fees?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jeffery v London Life Insurance, 2016 ONSC 5506 (CanLII):
As indicated in Abdulrahim v. Air France, the court held that class counsel’s fees should “not only reward counsel for meritorious efforts, but it should also encourage counsel to take on difficult and risky class action litigation.”[7]
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