No, we will not let you go.
– Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody".
In the latest twist in the long-running attempt to settle Canada
Post Corporation's ("Canada Post") "Free for
Life" internet service program class action, the Quebec
Superior Court has refused to permit the current plaintiff's
lawyers to withdraw from representing the plaintiff class, despite
the fact that neither the representative plaintiff nor the lawyers
wish to continue the relationship.1
Background
As readers will recall, this case arises from Canada Post's
marketing of a free lifetime internet service in 2000 and its
decision the following year to suspend the provision of this
service. Class actions by disgruntled consumers were launched in
Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. While the Quebec Court's
decision on the plaintiff's authorization (certification)
motion was under reserve, a settlement of the Ontario and British
Columbia actions was reached. But there was a hitch – Canada
Post demanded
