Matthews v Ocean Nutrition: Departed employee awarded $1M bonus from company’s sale during notice period
A dismissed employee is entitled to a bonus that vests during their notice period, absent clear contractual language to the contrary.
Tagged: good faith
Appeal Watch: SCC Revisits Bhasin and the Duty of Good Faith in Contract
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) heard two cases on the contractual duty of good faith last month. The date of the hearings landed coincidentally close to the five-year anniversary...
And This Little Piggy Went to the Market: Court Rules that Quebec’s Farm Income Stabilization Program is not an Insurance Contract
Lafortune v Financière agricole du Québec, 2016 SCC 35, is a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada directly impacting Québec’s farming industry. The decision affirms La Financière Agricole...
Appeal Watch: Bhasin v Hrynew Submissions Before the SCC
On February 12, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada heard an appeal from the Alberta Court of Appeal’s decision in Bhasin v Hrynew, 2013 ABCA 98. My previous analysis of...
