The Complete Brief
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August 15, 2024
WestJet faces class action over flight cancellations tied to strike threats
A passenger who allegedly lost one day’s wages as a result of a flight cancellation that WestJet initiated after it received a strike notice but before any work stoppage has filed a proposed class action against the airline.
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August 15, 2024
Court: CTA statement on vouchers for COVID-19 flight cancellations not justiciable
A Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) statement that it would be appropriate for airlines to offer vouchers to passengers whose flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic is not subject to judicial review, the Federal Court of Appeal has held.
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August 15, 2024
B.C. judge freezes assets of accused ‘mastermind’ behind $140 million stock fraud
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has sided with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in agreeing to freeze the assets of a Vancouver businessman accused of being the mastermind behind a complex, multimillion-dollar stock fraud.
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August 15, 2024
Class action certified alleging use of herbicide led to Parkinson’s disease
The British Columbia Supreme Court has certified a class action against Syngenta AG and its certain subsidiaries for exposure to an active ingredient in a herbicide that was alleged to have caused Parkinson’s disease.
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August 15, 2024
When is a tax-free savings account not tax free?
A taxpayer can invest through a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) and the income earned is tax-free even when withdrawn. This is in contrast to the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) in which withdrawals from the account are taxed. However, contributions to an RRSP are deductible from taxable income. TFSA contributions are not.
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August 15, 2024
Indecent sexual assault occurred, says B.C. Court of Appeal ruling in historic case
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia overturned an acquittal of a man charged with indecent assault on a child for an incident that occurred nearly a half-century ago.
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August 15, 2024
New B.C. rules on child and family services called ‘powerful act of reconciliation’
In what is being hailed as a milestone in Canada, a B.C.-based First Nation now has the ability to use its own laws in provincial court to resolve child and family welfare matters.
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August 15, 2024
Two judges appointed to N.B. provincial court
An Aug. 14 news release from the Government of New Brunswick announced the appointment of Pierre Gionet and Karen Lee as provincial court judges.
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August 15, 2024
EVIDENCE — Admissibility — Prejudicial evidence — Probative value
Appeal by Bush from his conviction for three counts of first-degree murder. The offence involved the deaths of Alban Garon, a former Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada, his wife Raymonde and their neighbour Beniskos, who were found dead in the Garons’ apartment in 2007 with plastic bags over their heads and signs of asphyxiation.
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August 15, 2024
Common law trademark rights
A decision of the Federal Court expunged the registration of a trademark under s. 57 of the Trademarks Act based on the applicant’s unregistered trademark (51.ca Inc. v. Huang 2024 FC 1202).