Honda – Transport and preparation

APPLICATION STAGE

Authorization – Application to the Superior Court for authorization to institute a class action

COURT HOUSE
Montreal

DATE OF FILING FOR AUTHORIZATION
2023-10-03

FILE NO.

500-06-001272-232

SUBJECT
Consumer protection

THIS CASE CONCERNS
Abusive and disproportionate transportation and preparation charges to transport a new vehicle from Ontario to Montreal;

NAME OF PARTIES
Yvon Matte v. Honda Canada Inc. and Honda Canada Finance inc. and Lallier Automobile P.A.T.

DESCRIPTION OF THE GROUPS

Main Class :

“All natural persons, legal persons under private law, partnerships or associations or other groups without legal personality who are or were bound by an instalment sales contract or a lease contract for a new Honda motor vehicle manufactured in Canada of one of the following models:

– Honda Civic
– Honda CR-V

and who have had to pay Transportation and Preparation Expenses, in any form whatsoever, fixed and demanded by the Defendants, pursuant to any such contract, and this, for the period from September 29, 2020 until the date of the final judgment on the merits to intervene in the proceedings”.
or any other group to be identified by the Court”;

Groupe Consumer, it being understood that this sub-group is constituted for the purposes of the C.P.A. and that the members of this sub-group are an integral part of the Groupe Principal:

“All natural persons in Quebec who are or were bound by an instalment sales contract or a lease contract for a new Honda motor vehicle manufactured in Canada of one of the following models:

– Honda Civic
– Honda CR-V

and who have had to pay any form of Transport and Preparation Fees fixed and demanded by the Defendants under any such contract, for the period from October 3, 2020 to the date of the final judgment on the merits to be entered in the proceedings”.

or any other group to be identified by the Court;

(the Lead Class and the Consumer Class are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Class”).