Most of us are looking forward these days to vaccines, especially to help us see a world where we are living following a pandemic. Not everyone is keen on vaccines though, and those divisions extend to disputes between parents over …
Employee Wins Pre-Trial Procedural Point on Pleadings
By Daniel Standing LL.B., Editor, First Reference Inc. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice put forward several motions in a wrongful dismissal case, Kaminsky v. Janston Financial Group, 2020 ONSC Number 5320 (CanLII) via Zoom in August. The parties ended …
Canadian Court Finds Jurisdiction Over Twitter
Twitter has received a lot of public attention recently, most notably for banning the President of the United States from using the platform. A new decision by the British Columbia Supreme Court in Giustra v. Twitter, Inc. concluded that the …
Alcoholic Employee Accommodated to the Limit of Undue Hardship
By Daniel Standing LL.B., Editor, First Reference Inc. The recent New Brunswick labour arbitration decision in Unifor, Local 907 and J.B. v Irving Paper Limited, 2020 CanLII 38613 (NB LA) tells the unfortunate tale of an alcoholic’s losing battle to …