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What is Reasonableness?

June 22, 2021 By Brian Babcock Judicial review is the mechanism by which courts supervise the actions of statutory decision makers. Typically, we think of formal tribunals, ranging from labour arbitrators to Human Rights Tribunals, or government officials. There are other, less common decision makers who exercise statutory powers which affect everyday life. How do […]

Employment Contracts and the Duty to Mitigate

June 22, 2021 By Brian Babcock Failing to deal with the obligation to mitigate damages in an employment contract may result in a windfall to an employee. In Barry Gula v. Freed Developments Ltd. the employee signed a written contract of employment for an indefinite term. The contract provided a formula to calculate the employee’s […]