Fleckenstein v. Deutsche Bank

In this BC employment law action, we advanced a wrongful dismissal action on behalf of the plaintiff who had been employed by the defendant as a senior fixed term securities trader. Before consulting us, he negotiated terms of departure from his employment. Problems arose when the plaintiff and defendant disagreed as to the scope of … Continued

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Gillies v. Goldman Sachs

In this leading BC employment law case we represented a senior financial executive at trial in a successful claim against his employer for wrongful dismissal damages, obtaining an award valued at almost $500,000. Financial Post Article March 10, 2000, after trial judgement. The trial decision did not include an award or damages for our client’s … Continued

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Unfair Competition in the Employment Context (Restrictive Covenants, Non-Competition Clauses, Non-Soliciting Clauses, and Confidentiality Agreements)

The purpose of this paper is to examine critical issues surrounding unfair competition in the employment context. The focus will be on written employment contracts, as there has been an increasing tendency on the part of both employers and employees to set out their contractual arrangements in writing.

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McKinley v. BC Tel

This wrongful dismissal proceeding, which has become a leading case in Canada on a number of important employment law issues, began as a jury trial in BC Supreme Court and found its way to the Supreme Court of Canada.We successfully represented the plaintiff, a senior BC Tel executive. The jury awarded substantial damages, but on … Continued

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Mosher v. Epic Energy

In this BC employment law proceeding, we represented the defendant, an company in the oil exploration business, whose primary operations are located in the Crimea, in a successful defence of a wrongful dismissal action in which the plaintiff sought damages for the termination of his employment, and also damages for an alleged breach of an … Continued

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Gilchrist v. Western Star Trucks

In this BC employment law action we represented the plaintiff.  It was originally resolved in our client’s favour by way of a motion for Summary Judgment, but later reversed by the Court of Appeal and sent back to Trial. In the meantime we had settled a number of important employment law and wrongful dismissal issues … Continued

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La Croix v. Nanaimo General Hospital

We represented a Hospital Board in defending a wrongful dismissal action brought y an administrator, and in respect of a number of crucial employment law issues taken against our client through his counsel. We were successful in this defence. View Case

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Mosher v. Epic Energy

In this proceeding, we represented the defendant, an company in the oil exploration business, whose primary operations are located in the Crimea, in a successful defence of an action in which the plaintiff sought damages for the termination of his employment, and also damages for an alleged breach of an obligation to deliver incentive stock … Continued

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Jostens Canada Ltd. v. Gibson’s Studio Ltd.

This is a leading employment law decision in British Columbia on the subject of the method of calculating damages for unfair competition, breach of confidence and breach of confidence by departing employees. We were lawyers for the injured employer and we were successful in recovering judgment for substantial damages and costs. View 1st BC Court … Continued

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Directions Given at Case Management Conference

On September 12, 2006 the Case Management Judge gave directions as to the further conduct of this matter. The main common issues which remain to be determined for class members are: issues relating to the wage rollback issues relating to payment of overtime issues relating to non-payment of bonuses There are additional individual issues left … Continued

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