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Defendant
- Parties: The plaintiff was Kevin McFall. The defendants were Alberta West Realtors Association; Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound Realtors; Association of Interior Realtors; Bancroft & Area Association of Realtors; Barrie & District Association of Realtors; Bc Northern Real Estate Board; Brampton Real Estate Board; Brandon Area Realtors; Brantford Regional Real Estate Association; Calgary Real Estate Board; Cambridge Association of Realtors Inc; Canadian Real Estate Association; Central Alberta Realtors Association; Central Lakes Association of Realtors; Century 21 Canada Limited Partnership; Chatham Kent Association of Realtors; Chilliwack & District Real Estate Board; Cir Realty; Coldwell Banker Canada; Cornwall & District Real Estate Board; Durham Region Association of Realtors; Exit Realty Corp International (Canada); Exp Realty; Fort Mcmurray Realtors (the); Fraser Valley Real Estate Board; Grande Prairie & Area Association of Realtors; Greater Moncton Realtors; Guelph & District Association of Realtors; Homelife Realty Services Inc; Huron Perth Association of Realtors; Kamloops & District Real Estate Association; Kawartha Lakes Real Estate Association Inc; Keller Williams Realty Canada; Kingston & Area Real Estate Association; Kitchener Waterloo Association of Realtors; Kootenay Association of Realtors; Lakelands Association of Realtors (the); Lethbridge & District Association of Realtors; London & St Thomas Association of Realtors; Macdonald Real Estate Group Inc; Macdonald Real Estate Group Inc; Max Wright Real Estate Corporation; Maxwell Capital Realty; Medicine Hat Real Estate Board Co Operative Ltd; Mississauga Real Estate Board; Newfoundland & Labrador Association of Realtors; Niagara Association of Realtors; North Bay Real Estate Board; Northumberland Hills Association of Realtors; Nova Scotia Association of Realtors; Oakville Milton & District Real Estate Board; Oakwyn Realty Ltd; Ottawa Real Estate Board; Parry Sound & Area Association of Realtors; Peterborough & the Kawarthas Association of Realtors; Powell River Sunshine Coast Real Estate Board; Prince Edward Island Real Estate Association; Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers; Quinte & District Association of Realtors Inc; Re Max Llc; Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver; Real Estate Board of the Fredericton Area Inc (the); Real Estate Professionals Inc; Realtors Association of Edmonton; Realtors Association of Hamilton Burlington; Realtors Association of Lloydminster & District; Realtors Association of South Central Alberta; Renfrew County Real Estate Board; Residential Income Fund Lp; Rideau St Lawrence Real Estate Board; Royal Pacific Realty Corp; Saint John Real Estate Board; Sarnia Lambton Real Estate Board; Saskatchewan Realtors Association; Sault Ste Marie Real Estate Board; Simcoe & District Real Estate Board; Southern Georgian Bay Association of Realtors; Sudbury Real Estate Board; Sutton Group Realty Services Ltd; Team 3000 Realty Ltd; Thunder Bay Real Estate Board; Tillsonburg District Real Estate Board; Timmins Cochrane & Timiskaming Districts Association of Realtors; Vancouver Island Real Estate Board; Victoria Real Estate Board; Waterloo Region Association of Realtors; Windsor Essex County Association of Realtors; Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board; Woodstock Ingersoll & District Real Estate Board; Yellowknife Real Estate Board; and Yukon Real Estate Association.
- Subject Matter: The plaintiff claimed an order certifying the action as a class proceeding and appointing the plaintiff as the representative plaintiff on behalf of all persons who sold residential real estate listed on a multiple listing service owned and operated by a regional real estate board defendant after Mar. 11, 2010 (the relevant period). The plaintiff alleged that the brokerage defendants and their co-conspirators were competitors in the market for the provision of buyer brokerage services for residential real estate during the relevant period; conspired, agreed, or arranged with each other to fix, maintain, increase, or control the price for the supply of buyer brokerage services for residential real estate during the relevant period contrary to s. 45(1)(a) of the Competition Act, 1985; and acted in furtherance of a conspiracy, agreement, or arrangement to control the price for the supply of buyer brokerage services for residential real estate during the relevant period. This case is ongoing.
- Date: The hearing was set on May 13, 2024.
- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court.
- Amount: No financial award was specified.
Court
Federal CourtCase Number
T-119-24Practice Area
Competition lawAmount
Winner
Trial Start Date
19 January 2024Download documents