Merchant Law Group LLP - Class Actions

Cellular National Class Action - Bell, Telus, Rogers, Fido, Sasktel, MTS, Aliant Class Actions

Judgment: July 18th 2006
Certification Judgment: September 17th 2007

Merchant Law Group LLP is pleased to announce that its litigation efforts in regards to the cellular "system access fee" has resulted in one of its nine proposed class actions being certified, by order of the Honourable Mr. Justice Gerein granted on September 17, 2007 (a copy of which is available above). Been granted "certification" is a substantial milestone, and our firm will continue to vigorously prosecute litigation on this issue on behalf of all Canadians who have been made to pay the system access fee (and similarly described fees). Members of the public are free to join our class members' info list by completing the form below, and we will continue to accept information from new claimants for the foreseeable future (and post any deadlines which arise on this site, as well as in email bulletins).

Class action lawyer Tony Merchant, Q.C. launched lawsuits in August 2004 against all of Canada's Cellular Providers challenging the legitimacy of system access fees, system licensing charges, system admin fees, and similarly described surcharges, charged to cellular accounts, normally in the amount of $6.95 per month. We intend to establish that Canadians were generally misled to believe that access fees were collected as a government tax or CRTC levy.

We are pursuing Class Action claims before the Superior Courts of B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Court hearings are already underway.

All of our clients will be entitled to share in any compensation resulting from this Class Action, and we expect that a National Class Action will be certified to allow us to pursue recovery of system access fees and licensing charges on behalf of all Canadian cellular phone users, including current and former customers of Bell Mobility, Telus, Rogers & Fido (Microcell), SaskTel, MTS, and Aliant.

Merchant Law Group LLP has 12 offices across Canada, with lawyers practising law in six provinces and an American state. Tony Merchant, Q.C., and his firm are well known for their involvement in Mass & Class Action cases in Canada, including class proceedings regarding Complete Contact Lens Solution, Silicon Breast Implant, Winners/HomeSense, HSBC Mutual Funds, Various Cellular Phone Fees, Molson-Coors Merger, Conrad Black/Hollinger, GM Gasket Manifolds, Lead Paint in Toys (and similar consumer products), Menu Foods, Paxil, Vioxx, Agent Orange, Cryptosporidium Water, Sony, Residential School litigation, CPR Anhydrous Ammonia, and cases regarding ISM Information Security, Tundra noxious gas emissions, Zonolite, Canadian Wheat Board Pool transfers, and various other cases. Tony Merchant is known to be one of Canada's most active litigators with more than 600 reported cases in leading Caselaw Journals, having argued thousands of cases before the Canadian and American Courts, in Trial and Administrative Courts, and the Courts of Appeal of various American and Canadian jurisdictions, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Tony Merchant, Q.C., has a long history in pursuing public policy cases and is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.)

IF YOU WISH TO JOIN THE CLASS ACTION AGAINST CANADIAN'S CELLULAR COMPANIES PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FORM.

(Please also note, providing your information creates no financial obligation for you. You are not charged any fee or cost for joining this class action - we are simply paid a contingency fee from the compensation recovered, if successful.)

*	First name:
*	Last name:
	Email address:
	Confirm Email address:
*	Address:
*	City:
*	State/Prov:
*	Country:
*	Zip/Postal Code:
*	Home phone	--
	Business phone:	--
	Cell phone	--
	Fax:	--
	Indicate your cellular provider/s (Please check all that apply)	Bell Telus Rogers Fido (Microcell) Sasktel MTS Aliant Other -
	Approximately when did you first obtain a cellular phone ?

	Although we encourage you to join this class action regardless of whether or not you asked your cellular provider to explain licensing or access fees; if you did inquire, please provide any details of how licensing or access fees were described to you by your cellular provider's staff or dealers ? By who ? Approximately when ? (or simply answer "NOT APPLICABLE")
	Other Comments

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