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Unprecedented fine for criminal negligence: Court of Appeal reserves judgment in Metron sentence appeal

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 24 2013

As regular readers will know, Metron Construction Corporation became the first corporation in Ontario to be convicted under the Criminal Code, as

Court confirms director's liability for unpaid wages

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 17 2013

The Federal Court has confirmed the importance of timely and effective resignations by directors, and of retaining evidence of when this was tendered

The second opinion: ignorance is not bliss the risks of purchasing shares without due diligence and without full disclosure

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 20 2013

The decision in Francoeur v. 4417186 Canada Inc., 2013 QCCA 191 demonstrates the dangers of a share purchase agreement without due diligence and with

Directors’ liability for the debts of a corporation payable to employees for services rendered during the directors’ term of office

  • Lavery de Billy LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 7 2013

The Quebec Court of Appeal rendered a decision on November 14, 2012 confirming the state of the law on the scope of section 119 of the Canada

BLG Monthly Update

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Argentina, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • December 19 2012

The BLG Monthly Update is a digest of recent developments in the law which Neil Guthrie, our National Director of Research, thinks you will find

Corporate director fined and sentenced to prison term for failure to pay wages

  • Rubin Thomlinson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 20 2012

A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Justice shows that a company’s failure to abide by the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) can result in serious penalties for its directors

Buck stops with director: director jailed 90 days for repeatedly failing to pay wages

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • November 19 2012

A recent court ruling sends a clear message to directors: violate the Employment Standards Act, 2000 obligations and you may be sent to prison

LLP members denied whistleblower protection

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 2 2012

When a worker makes a protected disclosure or “blows the whistle” the Employment Rights Act (ERA) protects that worker from being dismissed or subject to any detriment as a result of having made a protected disclosure

Covenants in restraint of trade connected to sale transactions

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 14 2012

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently set out an analytical framework for evaluating whether a covenant in restraint of trade is enforceable

BC Court of Appeal concludes that a partner is not an employee of a partnership

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • July 25 2012

On July 19, 2012, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its decision on the issue of whether a partner in a partnership is an employee of that partnership for the purposes of the BC Human Rights Code (the Code