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Digest of the Week Archives : 2018

Claimant, employed for over 14 years by series of associated companies, was terminated and offered eight weeks' working notice of termination

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Motion judge found that appellant did not have standing before court as result of his non-compliance with earlier order

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Plaintiff brought action to challenge validity of will and marriage on grounds that deceased did not have capacity

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Employee signed a release which was effective to bar a complaint of bullying and intimidation that was personal to the employee and which occurred in the past

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Depriving otherwise successful party of costs was one way to discourage behaviour

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Testator died while SC continued to reside with mother, remaining dependent while receiving disability support payments

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In light of today's announcement that the Cleveland Indians baseball team will remove their "Chief Wahoo" logo from their uniforms in 2019, many news stories are recalling Douglas Cardinal's 2016 application, ultimately rejected, for an interim and interlocutory injunction enjoining the Cleveland Indians Baseball Company, Major League Baseball and Rogers Communications from displaying or broadcasting the "Indians" name and "Chief Wahoo" logo within Canada.

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Property never belonged to plaintiff and was not put into names of defendants to facilitate their dealing with it on her behalf

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Employee awarded $500,000 punitive damages for breach of employment contract, and $250,000 for moral damages; Employer decided to dismiss or denigrate employee to point of resignation

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Employer gave working notice to employee on medical leave. Employee awarded damages equal to salary he would have earned working during the notice period.

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Evidence was sufficient for finding that there was risk that children were likely to suffer physical and/or emotional harm from actions, failure to act or pattern of neglect on part of parents

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