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Ashley L. Paterson

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T: 416.777.7456

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Ashley Paterson has a commercial litigation practice that focuses on class action litigation, product liability litigation, fraud litigation and other complex corporate disputes. Ashley has experience in motions, applications, trials and appeals before both Ontario courts and tribunals and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Ashley has worked on several particularly influential cases, most recently acting for the defendants in a proposed multiple-model product liability class action in which certification was denied and, in 2014, a significant freedom of association case in the Supreme Court of Canada.

Ashley frequently writes on new developments in the law and was recently published in the 2015 International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability.

As a law student, Ashley was a research assistant for a project focused on exposing racial profiling within Canadian police forces and was a teaching assistant to junior law students. In her final year, Ashley won the award for excellence in Civil Trial Advocacy.

Ashley also sits on the 2017-2018 Class Actions Executive of the Ontario Bar Association, and is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Advocates Society.


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  • Class Action Litigation
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  • Product Regulation & Liability

Education

Wilfred Laurier University, BA (Hons), 2007 University of Windsor, JD, 2011 

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Ontario, 2012

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Recent Experience

    C.R. Bard Inc. and its affiliates in defence of several proposed product liability class actions regarding surgical mesh indicated to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.
Trinity Industries, Inc., a highway guardrail manufacturer, in a national consumer class action alleging negligence and breach of warranty.
Fairmont Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Delta Hotels and Resorts and Sandman Hotels, in a national consumer class action alleging improper fee charges.
Counsel to the plaintiffs’ lawyers in settlement approval proceedings in a product liability class action involving mechanical prosthetic heart valves developed and marketed by St. Jude Medical, Inc.
C.R. Bard Inc. and its affiliates in defence of several proposed product liability class actions regarding surgical mesh indicated for hernia repair.
C.R. Bard Inc. and its affiliates in defence of several proposed product liability class actions relating to medical devices which prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs in patients at risk of pulmonary embolism.

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Blog

Common Defect Found in Multiple-Model Product Liability Class Action

December 20, 2017
       

Blog

Québec Court of Appeal Confirms Wide and Liberal Approach to Class Action Authorization

November 23, 2017
       

Blog

Class Action Stays in Saskatchewan—Should Defence Counsel Just Stay Away?

September 28, 2017
       

Speaking Engagements

Ashley Paterson Moderates OBA Public Law Class Actions Panel

March 27, 2017
       

Blog

A Wise Decision: Recent Lessons on Evidence in Class Actions

December 15, 2016
       

Blog

Association Alone Does Not Equal Causation in Product Liability Cases

December 02, 2016
       

Blog

Trumpian Logic Fails in Recent Pharma Class Action Decision

December 01, 2016
       

Blog

Pharmaceutical Product Liability Class Action Filed Relating to Olmetec Drug

November 25, 2016
       

Blog

"Conflicting" Defence Evidence Not Sufficient to Deny Class Certification

August 09, 2016
       

Blog

Québec's New Code of Civil Procedure - An Obstacle to National Class Actions?

December 23, 2015
       

Blog

Latest Developments in the Ongoing UPS Class Action

July 10, 2015
       

Articles

Product Liability Class Actions in Canada

June 11, 2015
       

Articles

Recent Trends in Canadian Class Actions

June 10, 2015
       

Blog

Ontario Superior Court States Clear Rule on Pre-Certification Production of Medical Records in Class Actions

May 19, 2015
       

Blog

Certification Denied: Product Liability Cases are not "Quintessential" Class Actions

April 23, 2015
       

Blog

Conflicting Decisions on Whether Parallel Class Actions Constitute An Abuse of Process

April 16, 2015
       

Blog

A Change of Pace for Product Liability Class Actions: Certification Denied in Two Recent Cases

March 16, 2015
       

Blog

Arora v. Whirlpool: The Case of Smelly Washing Machines

November 13, 2013
       

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SCC Protects the Confidentiality of Settlement Amounts to Promote Settlement in Multi-Party Lawsuits

June 27, 2013
       

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Bennett Jones Welcomes New Associates in Toronto

September 19, 2012
       

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