BCTF: A New Labour Law Duty to Consult in Good Faith
Last November, the Supreme Court released one of its most anticipated cases in labour law, British Columbia Teachers’ Federation v British Columbia, 2016 SCC 49, also known as “BCTF.” In...
Category: Employment Law
Battle on a New Front: Sexual Assault and the Canadian Military
In the coming months, the Canadian military will be forced to fight on a wholly new front: the home front. In late November, a notice of action was filed against...
Models Needed: Reviewing Prostitution Laws Since Canada v. Bedford
Nearly three years after the Supreme Court (“the Court”) issued its ground-breaking judgment in Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72 [Bedford] and two years since the federal government...
The Supreme Court of Canada Disagrees with Medical Experts in BC (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal) v Fraser Health Authority
“Causation can be inferred⎯even in the face of inconclusive or contrary expert evidence⎯from other evidence, including merely circumstantial evidence.” British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal) v Fraser Health Authority, 2016...
