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No Love in an Elevator – Superior Court Denies Plaintiff’s Occupiers’ Liability Claim
22 novembre 2013
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
Recently, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered an elevator maintenance contractor’s liability under the Occupiers’ Liability Act in Green v. York Region Condominium Corporation No. 834, a case in which the Plaintiff, Sallie Green, claimed damages for injuries she...
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Has the genie escaped his bottle?
19 novembre 2013
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
The decision of Wilson v. Solis Mexican Foods Inc is the first Ontario Superior Court decision to award a dismissed employee damages for discrimination. Since the amendments to the Human Rights Code (Ontario) in 2008 plaintiffs have the option of...
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Alberta Employer Faces Stiff Penalty for Workplace Death
14 novembre 2013
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
On October 31, 2013, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench issued a large fine against an employer under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Alberta), sending a strong message that other employers may find frightening. A previous blog post from...
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Insurers Must Prioritise Priority
11 novembre 2013
Blogue : Droit des assurances
A new Superior Court case looks at the interesting interplay between accident benefits priority disputes, estoppel, and extra-provincial accidents. A pedestrian was struck by a truck on a highway in Alberta on September 21, 2007. He suffered catastrophic injuries as...
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Owner Vicariously Liable for Drunk Driver’s Accident
8 novembre 2013
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
Recently, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered the vicarious liability of an owner of a vehicle for the negligence of the driver of the vehicle in the unfortunate case of Watts v. Boyce, Dunham and Co-Operators. The lawsuit in...
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BC Introduces New Bullying & Harassment Regulations
6 novembre 2013
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
On November 1, 2013, WorkSafe BC’s new Bullying and Harassment regulations came into effect for all provincially regulated employers in British Columbia. Besides including a partial definition of bullying and harassment, the regulations require employers, supervisors and workers to take...
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Think Twice Before Using an LLC in Canada
31 octobre 2013
Blogue : Exploiter une entreprise au Canada pour les non-résidents
This posting was authored by Cheryl Teron a Partner in the Vancouver Office of Miller Thomson LLP and Stephen Rukavina an Associate in the Vancouver Office of Miller Thomson LLP Introduction A limited liability company (“LLC”) is a common type...
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Discipline Without Union Representation May Be Void
30 octobre 2013
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Author: Alex Heaslip An Ontario labour arbitrator has reinstated an employee of an armoured truck company whose violation of company policy resulted in the loss of a client’s deposit envelope valued at more than $12,000. On November 11, 2011, the...
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Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association v. Monsanto Co.
27 octobre 2013
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Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
A recent decision by the U.S. Federal Circuit court refusing to issue a declaratory judgment in Organic Seed Growers and Trade Associate v. Monsanto Co. is interesting to consider in light of Canadian law. Read the decision and an American...
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Particulars of surveillance are discoverable, even if surveillance will not be relied upon at trial
24 octobre 2013
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
The superior court has ruled that a party who obtains surveillance must disclose the particulars of the surveillance on examination for discovery, even if they do not intend to rely on the surveillance at trial. In the case of Arsenault-Armstrong...
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