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Arbitrator holds temporary foreign workers entitled to retroactive increase in vacation pay from 4% to 6%, despite delay in bringing grievance.

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Ontario Superior Court of Justice domestic contract case in which lack of disclosure by the husband was not found.

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Appeal from contempt order was dismissed on grounds that report that appellant sought to admit could have been obtained before hearing and the probative value of the report was not high.

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Ontario Superior Court of Justice case in which costs were awarded against a government agency.

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Court held workplace policy specifically prohibited employees from disseminating personal information of another employee to third parties without express permission

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Ontario Superior Court of Justice case involving the determination of whether a foreign divorce should be recognized in Canada.

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Employee owes employer damages in lieu of notice of resignation

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Digest of the Week | Vexatious proceedings

The tenant-plaintiff’s action against the landlord and several others regarding an eviction was dismissed for being frivolous, vexatious or an abuse of process.

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B.C. Court of Appeal finds accused had reasonable expectation of privacy in social media messages

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Federal Court of Appeal finds essential nature and function of police service was to provide policing services and that was matter within the provincial sphere.

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Ontario Superior Court of Justice parental alienation case in which the children were acting in defiance of custody order.

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The Ontario Court of Appeal considers whether the motion judge had the jurisdiction to strike defendants’ pleading.

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