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McMillan LLP | Canada | 22 Feb 2021
In two decisions rendered less than one week apart, Justice Gomery of the Supreme Court of British Columbia held that third-party releases may be…
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McMillan LLP | Canada | 15 Feb 2021
The Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") recently released its long awaited decision in Wastech Services Ltd v Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage…
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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Canada | 11 Feb 2021
The question of whether the standard of review framework set out in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, applies…
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McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 3 Feb 2021
Following termination of employment, employees who are seeking damages for wrongful dismissal have a duty to mitigate their losses by taking…
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McMillan LLP | Canada | 30 Jan 2021
The B.C. Supreme Court recently granted certification of a class proceeding against the defendants WestJet Airlines Ltd. and WestJet Encore Ltd…
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McMillan LLP | Canada | 7 Jan 2021
In the recent decision of Shelly Morris Business Services Ltd v Syncor Solutions Limited,[1] the Supreme Court of British Columbia assessed whether a…
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McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 17 Dec 2020
In Kett v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 2020 BCSC 1879, Justice Branch dismissed a certification application because the case was “too big to…
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Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 1 Dec 2020
The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently released an important decision regarding the curative powers of section 58 of the Wills, Estates and…
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Gowling WLG | Canada | 30 Nov 2020
On May 13, 2020, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its decision in Gautam v. South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority,[1] the…
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Gowling WLG | Canada | 19 Sep 2020
On appeal from a judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (Willcock, Savage and Hunter JJ.A.), 2018 BCCA 449, affirming a decision of Young J…