Book contents
- Reviews
- Class Actions and Government
- Class Actions and Government
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Summary of Contents
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Mode of Citation
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Preparing a Path to the Stadium
- 2 Government as Class Actions Enabler
- 3 Government as Class Actions Designer
- 4 Government as Class Actions Funder
- 5 Government as ‘Gate-Keeper’: Cross-Border Class Actions
- Part II As a Participant in the Match
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Government as Class Actions Funder
from Part I - Preparing a Path to the Stadium
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2020
Book contents
- Reviews
- Class Actions and Government
- Class Actions and Government
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Summary of Contents
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Mode of Citation
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Preparing a Path to the Stadium
- 2 Government as Class Actions Enabler
- 3 Government as Class Actions Designer
- 4 Government as Class Actions Funder
- 5 Government as ‘Gate-Keeper’: Cross-Border Class Actions
- Part II As a Participant in the Match
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the role of government as seed-funder of a class action regime. The typical model is to establish a fund that will be self-replenishing and independent of governmental funding as the regime establishes itself and as the case law gets underway. The best-known such model is Ontario’s Class Proceedings Fund, established in 1992, and this chapter examines the law and the practicalities pertaining to that particular fund. Many valuable experiences have been obtained from over a quarter of a century of jurisprudence arising from that Fund’s operation.
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- Class Actions and Government , pp. 129 - 171Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020