In Lin v. Uber Canada Inc. (Fed CA, 2025) the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a class proceeding appeal, here brought against a successful motion for stay of the civil action in favour of a contractual arbitration clause.
Here the court briefly considers Federal Court Act s.25 ['Extraprovincial jurisdiction'] (although it wasn't argued on appeal):
[34] Mr. Lin additionally submits that section 25 of the Federal Courts Act operates as a further legislative override preventing the granting of a stay in favour of arbitration. Section 25 provides that the Federal Court has original jurisdiction in any case in which a claim for relief is made or a remedy is sought under or by virtue of the laws of Canada "“if no other court constituted, established or continued under any of the ""Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982"" has jurisdiction in respect of that claim or remedy”".
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