CLASS ACTIONS
A class
action is a lawsuit that
is filed by a representative plaintiff on behalf a group or class
of plaintiffs that have a common legal issue to be determined
by the court. Class
action legislation provides
an opportunity to pursue cases that (because of the legal costs
involved) may not otherwise be economically viable for individual
plaintiffs.
In 2006, Ellis Business Lawyers successfully prosecuted an informal
class action in Federal Court (Read
full decision here) on behalf of taxpayers to recover
refunds of FST from the federal minister of revenue.
In
November 2007, Ellis
Business Lawyers
filed a class action in British Columbia Supreme Court on behalf
of halibut fisherman to recover monies obtained by the federal
minister of fisheries under a quota holdback scheme initiated
by the DFO in 2001.
Read the Statement
of Claims here.
More information available soon at the DFO Class
Action blog.
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