In NPR GP Inc. v. Higher Experience Inc., 2025 NUCJ 08, the Nunavut Court of Justice found that a chance encounter in a bank lobby resulted in a legally binding three-year commercial lease...

Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd. is a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that dealt with the issue of how much money an employee is entitled to when successfully suing a former employer for wrongful dismissal.

With inflation, businesses seem to be resorting to increasingly deceptive sales and marketing practices to maintain their profit margins without pricing themselves out of the market.

The Federal Court of Canada has delivered a landmark decision in the case of Western Canada Wilderness Committee v Canada (Environment and Climate Change)...

This is a follow-up to our article regarding new automatic certification rules for provincially regulated employers in Manitoba: They're Here . . . . New Labour Relations Act Amendments Make Unionizing Easier...

If your employee is sick, you may be the one coughing up.

On May 6, 2024, the NDP government introduced Bill 37 – "The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2024" for the first reading.

There is well-established jurisprudence concerning an employer's authority to impose a drug and alcohol testing policy where the employee could face disciplinary consequences...

When I say that you can own air, you might think I have been re-watching a 2009 Pixar movie of a house tied to balloons but there is indeed such a thing. An "air space parcel" is a 3D portion of space above a piece...

In Leonhardt and Manitoba (Department of Finance), Re, 2018 CarswellMan 767 the complainant, an information technology specialist initially worked for his employer, the Government of Manitoba...

This is the third article in a series about major amendments to The Labour Relations Act of Manitoba (the "Act"), which came into force November 7, 2024.

Update to Cooperatives for holding AGMs: Please note that the Manitoba government has passed an order under The Emergency Measures Act which temporarily suspends a number of the provisions listed in my article below.

This Fall, Manitobans will have the chance to exercise their right to vote in the provincial election.

The Manitoba Court of Appeal's decision in Boucher v Boucher, 2025 MBCA 39 (CanLII) purports to clarify the obligations of a payor parent who is an officer, and director, but does not control a corporation...

A Parent's Guide to Cross-Border Custody (Parenting Time) in Canada

The civil litigation system's role in addressing harassment has been a vexing issue for the past decade.

I previously wrote an article entitled The Common Law Tort of Harassment: Fact or Fiction?! regarding the Ontario Court of Appeal decision of Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney-General), 2019 ONCA 205...

On November 6, 2025, the Manitoba Legislature gave royal assent to the Public Interest Expression Defence Act, Manitoba's first dedicated anti SLAPP legislation.

The complainant started employment with West Fraser as a spare board employee in the beam and header department; this being the only department that had 11-hour daytime shifts only, Monday to Friday.

Getting served with court papers can feel like a punch in the gut. Whether it's a process server at your door, or an envelope dropped off at your place of business, it's natural to feel overwhelmed.