Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. — 2018 ONSC 718 #
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- Court or Tribunal: Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Jurisdiction: Ontario
- Decision Date: January 30, 2018
- Citation or File Number: 2018 ONSC 718
- Decision Type: Motion to stay proposed class action in favour of arbitration
- Main Issue: Whether an Uber Eats driver’s proposed employment-standards class action had to proceed through arbitration in the Netherlands under Uber’s standard-form agreement.
- Outcome in Plain English: Uber initially succeeded. The court stayed the proposed class action in favour of arbitration. This ruling was later reversed by the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
- Underlying Merits Decided: No
- Consumer or Driver Relevance: Driver rights; arbitration clauses; access to justice; standard-form app contracts.
- Status or Later History: Reversed by 2019 ONCA 1; Supreme Court dismissed Uber’s appeal in 2020 SCC 16.
- Official Source: View the decision on CanLII
- Verification Confidence: High
- Verified: August 3, 2026
Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. — 2019 ONCA 1 #
- Court or Tribunal: Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Jurisdiction: Ontario
- Decision Date: January 2, 2019
- Citation or File Number: 2019 ONCA 1
- Decision Type: Appeal from arbitration stay
- Main Issue: Whether Uber’s arbitration clause unlawfully contracted out of Ontario employment standards and was unconscionable.
- Outcome in Plain English: The Court of Appeal reversed the stay and held that the arbitration clause could not prevent the proposed class action from proceeding in Ontario.
- Underlying Merits Decided: No
- Consumer or Driver Relevance: Driver access to courts; enforceability of app terms; employment-status litigation.
- Status or Later History: Affirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2020 SCC 16.
- Official Source: View the decision on CanLII
- Verification Confidence: High
- Verified: August 3, 2026
Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller — 2020 SCC 16 #
- Court or Tribunal: Supreme Court of Canada
- Jurisdiction: Canada
- Decision Date: June 26, 2020
- Citation or File Number: 2020 SCC 16
- Decision Type: Final appeal on enforceability of arbitration clause
- Main Issue: Whether Uber’s mandatory Netherlands arbitration clause was enforceable against an Uber Eats driver pursuing an Ontario employment-standards class action.
- Outcome in Plain English: The Supreme Court held that the arbitration clause was unconscionable and unenforceable. The proposed class action was allowed to continue in Ontario.
- Underlying Merits Decided: No
- Consumer or Driver Relevance: Leading Canadian authority on unfair standard-form contracts, unequal bargaining power, arbitration and practical access to justice.
- Status or Later History: Final decision on the arbitration issue; did not decide whether drivers were employees.
- Official Source: View the decision on CanLII
- Verification Confidence: High
- Verified: August 3, 2026
Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. — 2021 ONSC 5518 #
- Court or Tribunal: Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Jurisdiction: Ontario
- Decision Date: August 12, 2021
- Citation or File Number: 2021 ONSC 5518
- Decision Type: Class-action certification decision
- Main Issue: Whether claims by Uber drivers and delivery people concerning employee status and alleged breaches of employment standards could proceed as a class action.
- Outcome in Plain English: The court certified the proceeding, allowing common questions about the relationship between Uber and class members to be litigated collectively.
- Underlying Merits Decided: No
- Consumer or Driver Relevance: Employment classification; minimum wage, vacation pay, overtime, public-holiday pay and other alleged statutory entitlements.
- Status or Later History: Followed by several published case-management and certification-order decisions.
- Official Source: View the decision on CanLII
- Verification Confidence: High
- Verified: August 3, 2026
Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. — 2022 ONSC 1996 #
- Court or Tribunal: Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Jurisdiction: Ontario
- Decision Date: March 31, 2022
- Citation or File Number: 2022 ONSC 1996
- Decision Type: Settlement of certification-order wording
- Main Issue: How the certification order should describe damages and individual assessment.
- Outcome in Plain English: The court added wording explaining that any damages would have to be calculated and assessed individually.
- Underlying Merits Decided: No
- Consumer or Driver Relevance: Shows that common legal issues may be decided collectively while individual compensation still requires separate assessment.
- Status or Later History: Part of the continuing certified Heller class proceeding.
- Official Source: View the decision on CanLII
- Verification Confidence: High
- Verified: August 3, 2026
Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. — 2022 ONSC 1997 #
- Court or Tribunal: Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Jurisdiction: Ontario
- Decision Date: March 31, 2022
- Citation or File Number: 2022 ONSC 1997
- Decision Type: Additional common-issues decision
- Main Issue: Whether employment classification and the validity of Uber’s later class-action waiver and arbitration clause should be certified as common issues.
- Outcome in Plain English: The court certified Uber’s proposed common question about whether the relationship was employment or commercial. It declined to certify the plaintiffs’ proposed common question attacking the later waiver and arbitration clause.
- Underlying Merits Decided: No
- Consumer or Driver Relevance: Employment status; later contract amendments; arbitration and class-action waivers.
- Status or Later History: Leave to appeal was refused in 2022 ONSC 3949.
- Official Source: View the decision on CanLII
- Verification Confidence: High
- Verified: August 3, 2026
Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. — 2022 ONSC 1998 #
- Court or Tribunal: Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Jurisdiction: Ontario
- Decision Date: March 31, 2022
- Citation or File Number: 2022 ONSC 1998
- Decision Type: Class notice and notice-plan decision
- Main Issue: How Uber drivers and delivery people should be notified of the certified class action and its risks.
- Outcome in Plain English: The court approved a broad notice plan and required notices to explain Uber’s position and the potential consequences of not opting out.
- Underlying Merits Decided: No
- Consumer or Driver Relevance: Meaningful notice; informed participation in a class proceeding; access to justice for a diverse app-based workforce.
- Status or Later History: Part of the continuing certified Heller class proceeding.
- Official Source: View the decision on CanLII
- Verification Confidence: High
- Verified: August 3, 2026
Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. — 2022 ONSC 3949 #
- Court or Tribunal: Ontario Divisional Court
- Jurisdiction: Ontario
- Decision Date: July 8, 2022
- Citation or File Number: 2022 ONSC 3949
- Decision Type: Motion for leave to appeal
- Main Issue: Whether the plaintiffs could appeal the refusal to certify their proposed common issue concerning Uber’s later class-action waiver and arbitration clause.
- Outcome in Plain English: Leave to appeal was refused.
- Underlying Merits Decided: No
- Consumer or Driver Relevance: Limits on appealing class-certification decisions; treatment of later arbitration and class-action waivers.
- Status or Later History: Referenced in 2023 ONSC 1942.
- Official Source: View the decision on CanLII
- Verification Confidence: High
- Verified: August 3, 2026
Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. — 2022 ONSC 5202 #
- Court or Tribunal: Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Jurisdiction: Ontario
- Decision Date: September 13, 2022
- Citation or File Number: 2022 ONSC 5202
- Decision Type: Case-management file direction
- Main Issue: Scheduling motions to amend the claim, seek an additional common issue and amend class notices.
- Outcome in Plain English: The court set a timetable and allowed the related motions to be heard together.
- Underlying Merits Decided: No
- Consumer or Driver Relevance: Procedural history of the major Uber driver and delivery-person class action.
- Status or Later History: Led to the motion decided in 2023 ONSC 1942.
- Official Source: View the decision on CanLII
- Verification Confidence: High
- Verified: August 3, 2026
Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. — 2023 ONSC 1942 #
- Court or Tribunal: Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Jurisdiction: Ontario
- Decision Date: March 27, 2023
- Citation or File Number: 2023 ONSC 1942
- Decision Type: Motion to amend claim and certify an additional common issue
- Main Issue: Whether the plaintiffs could again challenge Uber’s amended arbitration and class-action waiver as a common issue.
- Outcome in Plain English: The court dismissed the motion, finding the renewed challenge an abuse of process and unsuitable for certification as a common issue.
- Underlying Merits Decided: No
- Consumer or Driver Relevance: Arbitration and class-action waivers; limits on repeated litigation; procedural barriers within a certified driver class action.
- Status or Later History: Published ruling within the ongoing Heller class proceeding.
- Official Source: View the decision on CanLII
- Verification Confidence: High
- Verified: August 3, 2026
