On Thursday, February 13, 2003 the Honourable Judge Elizabeth Bennett pronounced Reasons for Judgement certifying the Western Star proceeding as a class action under the Class Proceedings Act. As well, the judge ordered that the pension claims and the employment claims be “severed”. This has required class counsel to commence a separate action for the … Continued
On Tuesday, October 15, 2002 TevlinGleadle (Murray Tevlin, Dan Gleadle & Dagmar Dlab) appeared again in the British Columbia Supreme Court before Madam Justice Bennett, and presented submissions as to why the action commenced in this proceeding should be certified as a class action: Copy of Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Argument in favour of Certification Submissions … Continued
On September 13, 2002, TevlinGleadle filed with the court a written submission with a summary of the case, and reasons why, in the plaintiff’s view, it would be appropriate for this matter to continue as a class proceeding. Our submission can be found at: Plaintiff’s Submission on Certification Motion
On July 24th, 2002 TevlinGleadle filed documents with the Supreme Court of British Columbia in support of the plaintiff’s application for certification. These documents can be viewed by clicking the following links: Peter Gregg’s Notice of Motion, dated July 24, 2002, a document setting out the orders that will be sought at the certification … Continued
On July 10, 2002 TevlinGleadle received notice that the Supreme Court of British Columbia had appointed Madam Justice Bennett as the judge who will be responsible for the trial of the action, as well as pre-trial management matters, including the certification hearing and all other motions in the case, unless otherwise ordered.
On April 16, 2002, TevlinGleadle commenced an action under the British Columbia Class Proceedings Act on behalf of Peter Gregg, a present Freightliner employee, as a representative member of the class of non-unionized employees of Freightliner’s Western Star Truck plant in Kelowna, British Columbia. Interested parties can review: Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim … Continued
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
I was fortunate to be referred to Tevlin Gleadle Curtis upon the surprising termination of my employment. During a very stressful time, their systematic and balanced approach provided the clarity and options essential to move a personally demanding process forward. Their effort and quick reaction times resulted in a court appearance four months post dismissal and a favourable judgement one an half months later.