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Étape de la demande :

Autorisation - Appel à la Cour d’appel sur le jugement de la Cour supérieure sur la demande d’autorisation d’exercer l’action collective

Palais de justice :

Montréal

Date de dépôt de la demande d'autorisation :

2016-07-19

No de dossier :

500-06-000803-169

Sujet :

Responsabilité extracontractuelle; Valeurs mobilières; Protection du consommateur

Cette affaire concerne :

Le requérant allègue que les frais d’acquisition et/ou d’adhésion facturés par tous les fournisseurs de REEE collectif au Québec, sans exception, sont illégaux. En effet, le paragraphe 1.1 (7) du Règlement C-15 sur les conditions préalables à l’acceptation du prospectus des fondations de bourses d’études (c. V-1.1, r. 44). Il allègue aussi que les frais sont abusifs en vertu de l'art. 1437 CCQ.

Nom des parties :

MOSHE SEGALOVICH c. C.S.T. CONSULTANTS INC., CANADIAN SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FOUNDATION, HERITAGE EDUCATION FUNDS INC., HERITAGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITAS MANAGEMENT INC., UNIVERSITAS FOUNDATION OF CANADA, CHILDREN’S EDUCATION FUNDS INC., CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF CANADA, GLOBAL RESP CORPORATION, GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FOUNDATION, KNOWLEDGE FIRST FINANCIAL INC. ET KNOWLEDGE FIRST FOUNDATION

Description du groupe qui intente l'action :

All natural persons, who at any time since July 19th, 2013 (the “Class Period”), while residing in the province of Quebec, had a contract with any of the Defendants in which they were a subscriber and/or contributor (either primary or joint) for a Registered Education Savings Plan (“RESP”), and who were charged a fee (referred to as “Enrolment Fee”, “SalesCharge” and/or “Membership Fee”), including the commissions of the distributor and its salesmen, exceeding $200.00 per plan;All natural persons, who at any time since July 19th, 2013 (the “Class Period”), while residing in the province of Quebec, had a contract with any of the Defendants in which they were a subscriber and/or contributor (either primary or joint) for a Registered Education Savings Plan (“RESP”), and who were charged a fee (referred to as “Enrolment Fee”, “SalesCharge” and/or “Membership Fee”), including the commissions of the distributor and its salesmen, exceeding $200.00 per plan;

Description du sous-groupe 1 :

Subclass 1: All natural persons, who at any time since July 19th, 2013 (the “Class Period”), while residing in the province of Quebec, had a contract with any of the Defendants in which they were a subscriber and/or contributor (either primary or joint) for a Registered Education Savings Plan (“RESP”), and who incurred the complete forfeiture of the capital and accumulated interest in their RESP because it was abandoned before its maturity;

Description du sous-groupe 2 :

Subclass 2: All natural persons, who at any time since July 19th, 2013 (the “Class Period”), while residing in the province of Quebec, had a contract with any of the Defendants in which they were a subscriber and/or contributor (either primary or joint) for a Registered Education Savings Plan (“RESP”), and whose RESP Agreement included the following clause (or similar thereto) with respect to the Sales Charges, Enrolment Fees and/or Membership Fees: “You acknowledge that a sales charge of $_____ (_____ units x $200 per unit) is deducted from early contributions. The sales charge is deducted from your contribution as follows: All of your contributions are applied to the Sales Charge until it is one-half paid. After that, only one half of contributions will be applied to the Sales Charge until it is fully paid.”