What is the class definition for a class action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fanshawe College v. LG Philips LCD Co. et al, 2011 ONSC 2484 (CanLII):
As stated in Bywater v. Toronto Transit Commission (1998), 83 O.T.C. 1 at para. 10, class definition serves three purposes: (a) identifying those persons who have a potential claim for relief against the defendants; (b) defining the parameters of the lawsuit so as to identify those persons who are bound by the results; and (c) describing who is entitled to notice pursuant to the CPA.
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