Ontario Court of Appeal

December 24, 2004

Vulnerable Employees Need Protection

This Article appeared in The Lawyers Weekly on December 24, 2004 The Ontario Court of Appeal has emphatically confirmed that an employment contract signed without new […]
March 21, 2012

Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Non-Competition: Two Ontario Court of Appeal Decisions: Two Very Different Results.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has issued two recent decisions dealing with breach of fiduciary duty in an employment context.  In one case, GasTOPS Ltd. v. […]
October 17, 2013

Deficient Notice Clause Upheld by Ontario CA in Dismissal Case

A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, involving a deficient notice clause, illustrates the perils of attempting self-representation in a wrongful dismissal case.  In […]
July 24, 2017

Probationary Employee Dismissed: Out of Luck Says ON CA

Is a probationary employee entitled to wrongful dismissal damages?  Can an employer contract out of these damages?  Until now, most Canadian court decisions have held that […]