The legal team representing taxi plate holders in Ottawa is proposing the city pay for a potential settlement of its Uber suit by passing on the cost to ride-hailing customers.The legal team representing taxi plate holders in Ottawa is proposing the city pay for a potential settlement of its Uber suit by passing on the cost to ride-hailing customers.
Justice Marc Smith ended his judgment by encouraging the two sides to discuss it and come back with a decision as to whether a trial to decide the form of the damages will be necessary.Now, nearly a month later, Thomas Conway with Conway Litigation told CBC the city's Gowling WLG LLP legal team has not yet begun discussions on whether to settle or go back to court.
Marc André Way, whose family owns many taxi plates, called last month's court ruling 'a great victory for the industry.' "In order to make this work, one way of doing it would be to levy a relatively small fee per ride, whether that's an Uber ride or a cab ride," Conway explained. "That would be used to fund a pool of money that would compensate the plaintiff class."a 90-cent fee was temporarily imposed