For the print version, click here This article was published in the Vancouver Bar Association‘s The Advocate Introduction The effect of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd.((Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd. (1997), 152 D.L.R. (4th) 1)) is irrefutably significant in the development of the lawContinue reading “Notice extension for bad faith dismissal: “a remedy divorced from the wrong””
Bad Faith Damages in Wrongful Dismissal Cases: Post Wallace Jurisprudence
Prior to the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark decision in Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd.,1 in a case of wrongful dismissal, damages were limited to the earnings lost during the period of reasonable notice to which the employee was entitled and did not include damages for the manner of dismissal, for injured feelings, orContinue reading “Bad Faith Damages in Wrongful Dismissal Cases: Post Wallace Jurisprudence”