On a certification motion, can a plaintiff's claims be prosecuted as a class proceeding?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Das v George Weston Limited, 2017 ONSC 4129 (CanLII):
On a certification motion, the question is not whether the plaintiff's claims are likely to succeed on the merits, but whether the claims can appropriately be prosecuted as a class proceeding: Hollick v. Toronto (City), supra at para. 16.
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