Robert also appears in the Ontario Superior Court
on wrongful dismissal actions, injunction and judicial review proceedings.
Not exact matches
The plaintiff rejected the notice offered
on termination and brought an
action for
wrongful dismissal, seeking a greater notice period as well as the payment of benefits during that period.
[44] The leading case in Ontario
on the commencement of the limitation period in a wrongful dismissal action is Jones v. Friedman, 2006 CanLII 580 (ON CA)(«Jones (CA)»
on the commencement of the limitation period in a
wrongful dismissal action is Jones v. Friedman, 2006 CanLII 580 (
ON CA)(«Jones (CA)»
ON CA)(«Jones (CA)»).
The Superior Court of Justice ruled
on the issue of common - employers and personal liability of directors in the context of a
wrongful dismissal action.
The defendants brought a motion for summary judgement to have the claims dismissed as against the directors and the holding companies
on the basis that they were not employers of the plaintiff and therefore have no place in the
action for
wrongful dismissal.
Obtained
dismissal / stay of California state court
wrongful death
action obtained in favor of helicopter component manufacturer based
on improper venue subsequently upheld
on appeal.
Depending always
on the facts, remedies can be available to terminated employees by bringing court
actions for
wrongful dismissal (where generally the length of time employed is a critical factor in assessment of damages); or by employment standards proceedings for unpaid wages3.
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We were asked to research whether there was any chance of success against an employee acting
on behalf of the defendant employer in a
wrongful dismissal action.
Mark practices in all areas of workplace law, advising and representing employers
on issues involving discipline and discharge,
wrongful dismissal actions, occupational health and safety, human rights, and workers compensation matters.
Instead, he preferred to treat the case as one of «remoteness» (corrected by Lord Mance to mean «causation») and to rely instead
on the limitations
on damages
on Addis, thereby either treating these cases as really ones of
wrongful dismissal or extending Addis to cover cases analogous to that
action.
In
wrongful dismissal claims the cause of
action usually arises when the contract was breached — i.e. when the employer dismissed the employee without reasonable notice: Jones v. Friedman, 2006 CanLII 580 (
ON CA), 2006 CanLII 580 (
ON C.A.), paras. 3 and 4.
The change will have little impact
on other
actions, like
wrongful dismissal cases, where the trend is to hold mediation before, or shortly after, the close of pleadings (or even before the issuance of a Statement of Claim).