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Digest of the Week - Creation of an Agency Relationship

This digest highlights a recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision where the Court concluded that no agency or fiduciary relationship existed between the parties to a contract for service.

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McCabe v. Finn Way General Contractor (2016), 2016 ONSC 3483, 2016 CarswellOnt 8208 (Ont. S.C.J.) at para. 2 Kurke J.

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Digest of the Week | Amendment of Pleadings

Parties had endorsed case management deadlines, and amendments to pleadings would have had negative effect on those timelines.

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News and Views | Police Powers

Ontario court holds smell of alcohol in vehicle gives rise to reasonable suspicion for breath demand

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Court holds employee was wrongfully dismissed where employer overreacted and did not have cause to terminate employee without notice.

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SEIU-West v. Saskatchewan Assn. of Health Organizations (2015) 266 C.L.R.B.R. (2d) 41, 2015 CarswellSask 484, 2015 C.L.L.C. 220-055, 2015 SKQB 222 Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench

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Recent decision in which the judge found a way for the applicant to access the value of her foreign property.

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Digest of the Week - Copyright: Presumption of Ownership

This digest highlights a recent Federal Court decision where presumption of ownership pursuant to s. 34.1(2)(a) of the Copyright Act was found.

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Case Comment on Physician-Assisted Dying

This post discusses a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court in which the court authorized a doctor-assisted death for an applicant suffering from incurable cancer.

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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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Insurance Corp. of British Columbia and COPE, Local 378 (Redundancy), Re (2015) 2015 CarswellBC 3846 British Columbia Arbitration

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Word of the Week | Income

W. (S.E.) v. W. (S.C.) | 2016 CarswellBC 319 | British Columbia Provincial Court

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