On October 9, 2020, in Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)—the highest court in the country—released a highly anticipated decision in an employee’s appeal of the Nova Scotia...more
Le 9 octobre 2020, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a rendu sa décision dans l’affaire Matthews c. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd. et a accordé des dommages-intérêts pour une prime qui aurait été touchée si un employé avait...more
The Supreme Court of Canada recently awarded damages to a senior level executive in an amount equal to the bonus he would have earned had he continued working through to the end of his common law reasonable notice period. ...more
On October 9, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., in which it awarded damages in respect of a bonus payment which would have been earned had an employee...more
The organizing principle of good faith and the duty of honest contractual performance laid down by the Supreme Court of Canada in Bhasin v Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71 [Bhasin] do not give courts the ability to review the fairness of...more