Bill 245 — Second Session, 21St Legislature, 36 Elizabeth N the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 245 Class Action Act (Legislature 21, Session 2)

L21 S2 3142

Alberta — Bills

1987 BILL Second Session, 21st Legislature, 36 Elizabeth n THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL CLASS ACTION ACT MR. CHUMIR First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Mr.

Chumir BILL CLASS ACTION ACT (Assented to . 1987) Recognition of dui FleidiDg Judgment of class RepresentaticD of clan HER MAJESTY, by and witii the advice and consent of tiie Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 In any civil proceeding before tiie Court of Queen's Bench or Court of Appeal, the Court may, on application by a plaintiff or a defendant, recognize by order an interest in die proceeding of any class of individuals that may be readily defined and whose interests in the matter before the Court correspond in principal to the interests of the applicant. 2 If the Court makes an order pursuant to

section 1, it may order an amendment to tiie pleadings to reflect the interests of tiie class of individuals. 3 In any judgment relating to an action where the interests of a class of individuals has been recognized, the Court may, in addition to giving judgment to the plaintiff, also render a judgment in respect of the interests of the class of individuals joined and may order the terms and conditions upon which members of the class of individu als may claim the benefit of the judgment as a member of that class, and may make such order as to costs as it deems appropriate. 4 The Court shall permit any class of individuals whose interest is recognized, to be represented separately in die action providing it is satisfied that the representation proposed is in the interests of and, so far as is possible, pursuant to die instructions of die class of individuals involved.

Title: 1987 (21st, 2nd) Bill 245, Class Action Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L21 S2 3142
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L21 S2 3142
Language	en
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