Collective Arbitration: A Solution for Consumers ? (in French only)

Organization

Option consommateurs

Published

2007

Summary

This report is divided into three parts: in the first part, Option consommateurs offers a review of the procedures followed in class action suits and class arbitration, the relevant legislative provisions, the principal applications and the advantages and drawbacks of these procedures. In the second part, Option describes class arbitration as employed by certain courts in the United States. Then, an analysis of key decisions gives us some insight into the nature of this new method used by our neighbour to the south to settle legal disputes. Option analyses the case history of this issue in Ontario and Quebec. And the Dell decision brought on appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in September 2006 effectively opens the door to a juxtaposition of class action procedures and arbitration procedures. Finally, the third part offers an analysis that assesses the relevance of this procedure in the United States and Canada.

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This research received funding support through the Office of Consumer Affairs' Contributions Program.

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Source: Consumer Policy Research Database