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ONCA Reverses Pastore
27 septembre 2012
Blogue : Droit des assurances
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has released its decision in Pastore v. Aviva, allowing the appeal and restoring the Director’s Delegate’s order. In Pastore, the claimant was involved in a car accident on November 16, 2002. She suffered a...
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QUÉBEC COURT OF APPEAL: No duty to disclose unfounded allegations of dishonest conduct to potential employer
24 septembre 2012
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Author: Marie-Pier Côté In a very interesting and unanimous decision[1], the Québec Court of Appeal has recently ruled that an employee faced with unfounded allegations of embezzlement does not have to disclose such accusations to a potential employer during the...
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FSCO approves medicinal marijuana: shocking, but for a different reason
19 septembre 2012
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
There is always controversy regarding the approval of novel treatment modalities, and medical marijuana is no different. At first blush it seems sensational that marijuana would be approved as a reasonable and necessary treatment, as was decided in T.N. and...
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Grandma isn’t Always to Blame
19 septembre 2012
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
Juliet Bratanov’s 18 year old grandson used her van to run-down and kill Kevin Persaud after a drug deal gone bad. Persaud’s family consequently commenced an action against Bratanov claiming that Bratanov was vicariously liable for the actions of her...
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Scents and Sensitivities
18 septembre 2012
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Employers often face a variety of complaints from employees about health concerns due to individual conditions. One Ontario employer recently faced a Human Rights complaint for its failure to eliminate all scents from the workplace in the case of Kovios...
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ONCA: Lessee Entitled to Recovery for Property Damage Under Lessor’s Policy
17 septembre 2012
Blogue : Droit des assurances
A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision has addressed the extent to which a lessee is covered by a lessor’s auto insurance policy for property damage that the lessee incurred to its cargo in an accident. In Siena-Foods Ltd. v....
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Attendant Care: Beware
14 septembre 2012
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
Insurers defending retroactive claims for Attendant Care Benefits on the basis of a claimant’s failure to submit an “Application for the Benefit” by means of an Assessment of Attendant Care Needs – Form 1 (“Form 1”) had best beware. Until...
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Split ONCA Rules IE Expenses Not Recoverable in Loss Transfer
11 septembre 2012
Blogue : Droit des assurances
In a 2-1 split, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has held that the provincial loss transfer scheme does not allow a first party insurer to recover from the second party insurer any insurer examination expenses relating to accident benefits....
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Are Equity Partners Employees? Mandatory Retirement in Law Firms
6 septembre 2012
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
For some time now, it has been a settled principle of human rights law that employers cannot force employees to retire unless the age of an employee amounts to a bona fide occupational requirement. While mandatory retirement used to be...
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Express/Written Restrictive Covenants For Key Employees More Important Than Ever
4 septembre 2012
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision has considered the question of who is a “fiduciary”, making it an important one from the perspective of employment law. In Alberta v. Elder Advocates of Alberta Society 2011 SCC 24 (“Elder Advocates”),...
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