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In the workplace, it’s clear who we work for—our employer (that is, the company, the organization, the institution, that signs our paycheques). Even if we ... Continued
In previous newsletters, we discussed two recent decisions of the BC Supreme Court involving civil lawsuits brought by university students against their institutions (SFU, and ... Continued
June 2019, Denver, Colorado – Maybe inspired by this mile-high location, the annual NACUA conference was a mile-wide and a mile-deep: 1,800 attendees, over 90 ... Continued
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has held that a clause in a will directing estate property to be transferred to a trust that was ... Continued
The principles from the seminal case on directors fiduciary duties, BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders, 2008 SCC 69 (“BCE”), has finally been codified. In this ... Continued
A recent decision shows how the Court may find a will-maker’s handwritten changes to be legally effective. Whiting a Beneficiary Out of a Will In ... Continued
In a recent case, Bajwa v. Habib, 2019 BCSC 721, the BC Supreme Court clarified the law with respect to whether a party that was ... Continued
Two recent BC Supreme Court decisions required the Court to determine when it is appropriate to remove an executor of an estate: Nieweler Estate (Re) ... Continued
This paper was initially authored for the Insurance Institute of British Columbia’s (IIBC) Insurance Symposium, April 2019. Over the course of the past two decades, ... Continued
This article reviews material developments in Canadian legislation, case law, and practice in the area of copyright in 2018. All references in this article to ... Continued
The case of Modern Cleaning Concept Inc. v. Comité paritaire de l’entretien d’édifices publics de la région de Québec, 2019 SCC 28 provides the Supreme ... Continued
In this, Part 3 of the series (and the final of this trilogy), we outline a set of management strategies for administrators, faculty, staff, and ... Continued