This digest highlights a recent British Columbia Court of Appeal decision where the Court dismissed an appeal from an application allowing a director to bring a derivative action, finding that whether the derivative action was in the best interests of the company was a matter properly determined at trial.

Employee who did not know his position had been reclassified removing his entitlement to overtime pay, but who had been paid overtime for overtime worked, could keep the amounts paid.

Recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice case in which the husband’s pleadings were struck for failure to provide full financial disclosure.

This digest highlights a recent Federal Court decision where the Court dismissed an application to prohibit issuance of a Notice of Compliance because the applicant failed to establish that promised utility of untested compounds would have been soundly predicted by a person of skill.

Based on findings that defendant had knowledge of the action against them, motion judge properly dismissed application to set aside default judgment.

The context of employment is relevant to the determination of whether an employer had just cause to dismiss the employee

Recent Ontario Court of Appeal case in the wife was not entitled to share in the husband’s post-separation income increases.

This digest highlights a recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision where damages were awarded to a partner who was expelled from the partnership in the absence of cause or good faith.

SCC rules Federal Employers need just cause to terminate non-union employees

Recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice case in which shares were not included in the division of net family property.

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.

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