IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Building it better: a comparative review of class action models
Tuesday 4 November (0930 - 1045)
Committee(s)
Class Actions Committee
(Lead)
Description
Why do some class action regimes work very effectively, and others fail miserably? This panel will examine why this happens, and specifically what could be done to ensure that the best features were imported into a model that could work well everywhere, making class actions a more successful means of redress globally. Our expert panelists will review the best and worst features of class action regimes in various jurisdictions, to help explain what reforms might be necessary, and how to build a better global class action model.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Amel Fenghour | Innsworth Advisors Limited, London, England; Secretary, Class Actions Committee |
Speakers
| Professor Maria Jose Azar-Baud MRS | Maria José Azar-Baud, Paris, France; Conference Officer, Class Actions Committee |
| Sonia Bjorkquist | Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Peter Kenneth Cashman | University of New South Wales, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Kathleen Donnelly KC | Henderson Chambers, London, England |
| Rustam Juma | Volkswagen Group Canada, Ajax, Ontario, Canada |
| Jonathan Ripley-Evans | HSF Kramer, Johannesburg, South Africa |