Labour & Employment
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June 14, 2024
Providing value to the difficult client | Jacob Murad
Many lawyers (myself included) over the course of any practice, run into issues withdrawing from representing and terminating a difficult client. (A recent example of this was when Peter Nygard’s defence lawyer asked to be removed as his counsel just before his sentencing for sexual assault, reportedly due to a “breakdown and loss of confidence in the solicitor-client relationship.”)
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June 13, 2024
New asset freezes, entry bans & export prohibitions target Russian war of aggression against Ukraine
Canada has aimed new sanctions and export prohibitions at participants in Russia’s military-industrial complex, in a co-ordinated move with other countries on the first day of the G7’s three-day summit in Italy.
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June 13, 2024
Liberal government unveils in Commons ‘2030 Nature Strategy’ and proposed Nature Accountability Act
The minority Liberal government’s newly proposed Nature Accountability Act would hold Ottawa “accountable to make progress” (but not via an enforceable legal mechanism) toward the goal of protecting at least 30 per cent of Canada’s lands and waters by 2030, says federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault.
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June 13, 2024
Federal government announces expansion of early retirement eligibility for some front-line workers
Ottawa has announced plans to introduce legislative changes this fall to expand early pension eligibility for specific front-line workers, including federal border services officers and federal and territorial firefighters.
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June 12, 2024
Saskatchewan regulator details strategic plan progress for 2023
Saskatchewan’s law society made strides last year in rolling out parts of its current Strategic Plan — particularly in promoting diversity and equality, ensuring the competence of new lawyers and increasing access to justice for the incarcerated.
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June 12, 2024
Federal Court of Appeal allows appeal in part challenging federal employee COVID-19 mandates
The Federal Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal in part by federal employees who argued that the government's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies breached their Charter rights, granting them leave to amend their claims.
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June 11, 2024
Ex-Chief Justice of Canada says judges of Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal remain independent
In the wake of Beijing’s escalating crackdown on independent voices and institutions in Hong Kong since China enacted and expanded a sweeping “national security law,” Hong Kong’s top court is still independent, retired Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said as she announced her planned departure next month from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
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June 11, 2024
Federal government reaches tentative agreement with border workers
The federal government and unionized border workers have announced a tentative agreement in contract negotiations that could avert summer holiday frustrations for cross-border travellers.
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June 10, 2024
Ontario law society reprimands prominent employment lawyer for professional misconduct
A prominent Toronto-area employment lawyer has been disciplined by a Law Society of Ontario (LSO) tribunal for the tactics he employed in dealing with two former clients who posted negative online reviews of his firm and a third who refused to pay her bill.
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June 10, 2024
GHGs are marine pollution under the Law of the Sea Convention | Daniel Dylan
The Law of the Sea Convention, more formally known as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS (here, I will just refer to it as “the Convention”), established a complex international legal framework that essentially outlines each States Parties’ maritime rights and responsibilities, governs their maritime activities and generally prescribes ocean and marine resource protections; however, the Convention is largely silent on climate change mitigation.