By Darryl Greer
Justice Elizabeth McDonald says in a choice posted on-line Thursday that lead plaintiff Margo Ware’s lawsuit towards Airbnb meets the take a look at as a category motion on behalf of customers who paid charges or commissions when reserving lodging.
Ware’s lawsuit alleges Airbnb just isn’t licensed anyplace in Canada to offer actual property or journey agent providers, neither is it registered as a cash providers enterprise with the federal authorities.
McDonald’s ruling says Airbnb and a number of other associated corporations claimed Ware’s lawsuit was an “abuse of course of” and a part of a “collection of repeated, piecemeal assaults” on the legality of the corporate’s charges charged to customers.
The authorized motion applies to all those that made a reservation with Airbnb in Canada and outdoors Canada — excluding these in the US — for lodging in British Columbia.
Airbnb didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the ruling, and McDonald’s choice says the corporate has not filed a response to Ware’s lawsuit, which was filed in Could 2022.
The ruling says the corporate objected to the lawsuit shifting forward due to overlapping points with different lawsuits it confronted, however McDonald discovered the “solely overlap” was that the corporate was “but once more” being sued for the alleged improper assortment of charges.
McDonald’s ruling says Airbnb additionally wished the lawsuit heard in California reasonably than British Columbia, however the decide discovered the corporate supplied “no significant proof” about why the case shouldn’t be litigated within the province.
McDonald discovered the plaintiff “has proven debatable case” that, if confirmed, may open Airbnb as much as damages below the province’s Enterprise Practices and Shopper Safety Act.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Dec. 12, 2024.
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