Uber Technologies Inc v Heller

Uber Technologies Inc v Heller
Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: November 6, 2019
Judgment: June 26, 2020
Full case nameUber Technologies Inc, Uber Canada, Inc, Uber BV and Rasier Operations BV v David Heller
Citations2020 SCC 16
Docket No.38534 [1]
Prior history2019 ONCA 1 (judgment for Heller)
2018 ONSC 718 (judgment for Uber)
RulingAppeal dismissed
Holding
Arbitration clause in contract between Heller and Uber unconscionable
Court membership
Chief JusticeRichard Wagner
Puisne JusticesRosalie Abella, Michael Moldaver, Andromache Karakatsanis, Suzanne Côté, Russell Brown, Malcolm Rowe, Sheilah Martin, Nicholas Kasirer
Reasons given
MajorityAbella and Rowe JJ (Wagner CJ and Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Martin and Kasirer JJ concurring)
ConcurrenceBrown J
DissentCôté J

Uber Technologies Inc v Heller, 2020 SCC 16, is a 2020 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court held 8–1 that an arbitration clause in a contract the plaintiff David Heller had signed with Uber was unconscionable, and hence unenforceable. As a result, it held that Heller's proposed class action lawsuit against Uber could go forward.

  1. ^ SCC Case Information - Docket 38534 Supreme Court of Canada