In reasons for judgment handed down today, the Honourable Madam Justice Bruce upheld the decision of the BC Human Rights Tribunal in this important age discrimination case under the BC Human Rights Code. The reasons for judgment are available here.
In an article published on the Report on Business edition yesterday, the Globe and Mail describes the issues surrounding Mr. McCormick’s mandatory retirement complaint to the BC Human Rights Tribunal. Mr. McCormick succeeded in having the BC Human Rights Tribunal accept jurisdiction to hear his discrimination complaint, in spite of the employer’s submission that he … Continued
In reasons for judgement pronounced on March 30, 2011, the court awarded full costs to the plaintiff, Mr. Patrick Devlin, in his wrongful dismissal damage case, although the plaintiff’s claim for bonus was not accepted. Mr. Devlin succeeded in respect of the great majority of issues in his wrongful dismissal claim, including achieving a ruling … Continued
We have been retained by the Hospitalist Physicians at Kelowna General Hospital to assist in finding a solution to a long standing contract dispute. The Doctors have been without a contract for going on three years. The dispute is about workload and funding for the appropriate number of physicians to deal with a rising census … Continued
TevlinGleadle has launched a class action against the BCMA on behalf of medical doctors who are not members of the BCMA, and who are charged excessive administration fees as a precondition to receiving the benefits to which they are legally entitled. We say the benefits are for the public good of attracting and retaining excellent … Continued
Judge Kelleher of the BC Supreme Court certified this employment law action as a class proceeding under the BC Class Proceeding Act. In Somerville v. Catalyst Paper Corporation, 2011 BCSC 331 (CanLII) the court concluded that the case was suitable to carry on, not as an individual action, but as a proceeding on behalf of … Continued
In Whiting v. First Data Canada Merchant Solutions the BC Court of Appeal overturned the dismissal of Mr. Whiting’s wrongful dismissal case. We represented the plaintiff at trial and at the appeal. The trial judge had allowed Mr. Whiting’s claim for back pay (bonuses and commissions) and awarded about $20,000 for these claims, but the … Continued
This is the second judgement of the BC Supreme Court in this proceeding. In the initial decision, Madam Justice Bruce dismissed the plaintiff’s application for an interlocutory injunction restraining conduct by our clients based on allegations of breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty. She did so because a collective agreement in place between … Continued
In this employment law case we acted as lawyers for Pat Devlin, who had for some years acted as President and Chief Executive Officer of NEMI Northern Energy and Mining Inc. Our client sought and recovered a substantial award based on a contractual clause mandating a termination payment in the event of a dismissal without … Continued
We are bringing an age discrimination claim on behalf of a senior lawyer against a leading inter-national law firm, which we say is forcing his retirement. The Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed the law firm’s challenge to our age discrimination claim. As the Tribunal stated “the parties agree that Mr. McCormick is a skilled lawyer … Continued
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