Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 4:39 PM
Last Updated: Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 8:04 PM
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that labour arbitrators have exclusive jurisdiction over unionized workers’ complaints of human rights violations in the workplace — unless there is “clearly expressed legislative intent to the contrary,” i.e. legislators clearly gave human rights adjudicators concurrent jurisdiction. ... [read more]
Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 3:31 PM
On Oct. 22, the Ontario government released a plan gradually lifting remaining public health and workplace safety measures by March 2022. ... [read more]
Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 9:25 AM
Justice David Brown, for the Ontario Court of Appeal, stressed in a recent decision that “one of the great on-going failures of the Ontario civil justice system is the confusion entrenched” in the Courts of Justice Act “concerning appeal routes from orders made by judges of the Superior Court of Justice …” ... [read more]
Thursday, October 21, 2021 @ 5:32 PM
Ottawa has announced the creation of a new Canadian proof of vaccination document for domestic and international travel, along with the creation of narrower, targeted COVID-19 financial supports for workers and businesses to follow the Oct. 23 expiry for most sectors of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS). ... [read more]
Thursday, October 21, 2021 @ 4:09 PM
Last Updated: Thursday, October 21, 2021 @ 4:45 PM
In a key personal injury ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada has provided unanimous guidance on the nature and scope of the public authority “core policy” defence to negligence claims — rejecting expansive interpretations that might have created a sweeping immunity from liability for governments. ... [read more]
Updated with corrections: Law school tuition increases part of a larger issue | Saranjit Dhindsa
Non-liability clause signed by two commercial entities does limit damages in business dispute: SCC
