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.
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SCC to Hear Woman Arrested for Not Holding a Handrail
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) will hear Bela Kosoian, a woman arrested in a Quebec subway station for failing to hold an escalator handrail. Leave was granted on Thursday,...
Wilson v Alharayeri: Personal Liability of Directors for Oppression
On July 13, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada released Wilson v Alharayeri, 2017 SCC 39 [Wilson], in which it unanimously reaffirmed that a corporation’s directors, as opposed to the...
SCC Makes Promising Move Towards Destigmatizing Mental Harm, But Will Saadati Unleash the Spectre of Indeterminate Liability?
In its June decision, Saadati v Moorhead, 2017 SCC 28 [Saadati], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) made a ground-breaking decision on psychiatric injury, moving in a bold direction away...
