As the Human Rights Tribunal’s processes are becoming more developed and widely understood, the opportunities for using these processes strategically are increasing. For both Applicants and Respondents there are particular junctures in the Part IV Application process where a strategic advantage may be gained or lost.The disclosure regime under the Rules of Procedure, for example, […]
For most of us, the summer season brings with it opportunities to travel and enjoy the great outdoors. For students, summer represents a valuable opportunity to gain employment experience. Hiring a summer student or intern can help many lawyers and firms accomplish what needs to get done, while allowing regular employees to take well-deserved breaks. […]
Our client was a foreign-exchange trader. After an unexpected market shift, his trading institution closed his accounts, seized his funds and sued him for its alleged losses. Within six months of being retained, we turned the action around and secured a six-figure settlement for our client.
James Lawyers represents jailed G20 social justice activist, Amanda Hiscocks, who claims that Ontario’s prison system discriminates against inmates based on disability, citizenship, gender, and other prohibited grounds of discrimination. Hiscocks’ application to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario was filed today. See below for recent news stories about the case:
In December 2013, Minister of Labour Yasir Naqvi announced a new Bill that, if passed, would involve significant changes to the Employment Standards Act (ESA).Highlights: Eliminating the $10,000 cap on the recovery of unpaid wages and increasing the period of recovery from six and 12 months to two years for employees. This would help keep […]
Our client is an individual living with chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic sinusitis, which prevents him from working. He was denied Canada Pension Plan disability benefits and lost his first appeal to the Office of the Commissioner of Review Tribunals. When he retained us, our client had one last chance of appeal. We filed an […]
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On January 2010, significant amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure were put into effect. This paper will highlight the strategic considerations that lawyers should have when litigating employment law matters and how to use the new amendments to their strategic advantage. In particular, this paper will address the amendments to rules for Discovery, changes […]
The case comments and tables below represent our survey of recent cases that have considered the standard of review applicable to Ontario administrative decision-makers, and other current issues in administrative law. To read the full article, click here.
Our client was a foreign-exchange trader. After an unexpected market shift, his trading institution closed his accounts, seized his funds and sued him for its alleged losses. Within six months of being retained, we turned the action around and secured a six-figure settlement for our client.
