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Cranston, QC,
Donald R.
Bennett Jones LLP
(780) 917-4267
cranstond@bennettjones.com
Mr. Cranston's practice
is focused on commer-
cial litigation, medical
and legal malpractice
and disciplinary hear-
ings, public law and
ADR. He is a graduate
of the Harvard intensive
mediation course,
and mediates or
arbitrates disputes.
Creber,
Anthony (Tony)
Gowling Lafleur
Henderson LLP
(613) 786-0140
anthony.creber@gowlings.
com
Mr. Creber is a leading
IP litigator who focuses
on chemical, biological
and pharmaceutical
patents. He appears
regularly before the Fed-
eral Courts and the SCC
including the leading
decision on novelty and
obviousness (Plavix).
D'Silva, Alan L.W.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5204
adsilva@stikeman.com
Mr. D'Silva's core prac-
tice areas include de-
fence of class actions,
corporate/commercial
disputes, securities
litigation and insurance
litigation. He appears
before all levels of
courts and has also
acted as a mediator,
arbitrator and expert
witness.
Crawley, Alistair
Crawley MacKewn
Brush LLP
(416) 217-0806
acrawley@cmblaw.ca
Mr. Crawley provides
representation and
advice in a broad range
of commercial and
securities litigation
matters, with a
focus on the capital
markets and financial
services industry.
Curry, Tom
Lenczner Slaght Royce
Smith Griffin LLP
(416) 865-3096
tcurry@litigate.com
A leading trial and ap-
pellate counsel and a
Fellow of the American
College of Trial Lawyers,
Mr. Curry has a record
of success in com-
mercial litigation, class
actions, arbitrations,
administrative law and
intellectual property.
Deane, Robert J.C.
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
(604) 640-4250
rdeane@blg.com
Mr. Deane practises
international and do-
mestic commercial
arbitration, commercial
and IP litigation, privacy
law and advertising/
competition law. He
appears in all levels of
court and arbitration
proceedings throughout
North America, Asia
and Europe.
SHAREHOLDER CLASS ACTIONS, once the boogeyman under
the bed on Bay Street, have had almost a decade to take shape in Canada.
While few would argue they have lived up to their fearsome advance bill-
ing, whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is still a matter of some-
times heated debate.
Shareholders were given the right to bring class actions in the mid-
2000s following a series of Canadian stock-market scandals that angered
the investing public.
e prospect of being liable directly to shareholders was supposed to
act as an additional deterrent to anyone thinking of breaking the rules.
Damage caps and other restrictions for shareholder class
actions appear to have worked. Whether that is a good thing
depends who you ask
By Sandra Rubin
RESTRICTING
CLASS ACTIONS
