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November 22, 2024
Ontario's top court issues key ruling on arbitrators' duty of disclosure, restores $10M award
Ontario’s top court has ruled that an arbitrator who didn’t disclose that he was engaged by counsel for one of the parties to an ongoing arbitration to serve as an arbitrator in another unrelated matter did not breach the legal duty of disclosure.
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November 12, 2024
Federal government orders binding arbitration to end labour disputes at key ports
The federal government has ordered an end to work stoppages at ports in British Columbia and Quebec through the imposition of final binding arbitration to resolve ongoing labour disputes affecting the daily movement of goods worth over $1.3 billion.
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November 08, 2024
Lerners welcomes 6 new associates in London
Recent news releases from Lerners LLP announced the addition of Greg Woodward, Kevin Wilbee, Emily Woods, Orion Boverhof, Megan Linaric and Daniele Sing as associates in the firm’s London offices.
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November 01, 2024
Consolidation of banking complaints system is not enough, says investor advocacy group
An investor advocacy group is calling on the federal government to go beyond simply consolidating Canada’s banking complaints system and give the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) binding authority.
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October 22, 2024
Court finds arbitrator’s decision on Safeway collective agreement unreasonable
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has found an arbitrator’s decision regarding grocery employees' wages under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) unreasonable because direct industry competitors in the province were not considered in comparison.
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October 04, 2024
SCC affirms air passenger compensation regs are valid; expert int’l law evidence can be admissible
In an important judgment on evidence and air passenger rights, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 9-0 that judges have the discretion to admit expert evidence on international law so long as the threshold admissibility criteria in R. v. Mohan, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9, are met.
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September 27, 2024
Supreme Court rejects leave to appeal three decisions touching tax, labour and human rights
The Supreme Court of Canada this week effectively upheld lower court decisions in three significant business cases, dismissing leave to appeal rulings from the Federal Court of Appeal and courts of appeal in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan.
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September 04, 2024
New Canadian Bar Association president begins tenure
Lynne M.J. Vicars begins her year-long tenure as the 96th president of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), effective Sept. 3, 2024.
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August 23, 2024
Labour experts: Binding arbitration best hope to end rail strike, but could violate Charter
Binding arbitration offers the best hope of resolving the labour tensions plaguing Canada’s two major railways but still presents a potential legal risk, two labour relations experts observed Friday, Aug. 23, as the rapidly evolving dispute continued to unfold.
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August 08, 2024
Canada Post union seeking government intervention in contract negotiations
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has announced that it has filed two notices of dispute with the minister of labour for its largest bargaining units, Urban Operations and Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers, as negotiations have not been reached.