The Supreme Court of Canada handed down a decision today in the case of Michelle Seidel v. TELUS Communications Inc., 2011 SCC 15. At issue is whether a plaintiff consumer can bring various causes of action, including those under consumer protection legislation, in a court of first instance via a class action proceeding or whether that proceeding is trumped by the operation of an arbitration clause and a class actions waiver in the governing cellphone services contract.
Reasons for judgment are available in English and French. A detailed analysis of this decision will appear in the IPilogue next week.