On July 26, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that Menzies Aviation (USA), Inc. (Menzies) fell under its jurisdiction.

The former CEO of Imperial Parking Canada Corporation ("Impark") was recently ordered by the BC Supreme Court to repay $1.2 million he received in severance pay after he was found to have breached his fiduciary duties to Impark.

The British Columbia Supreme Court recently ordered a former Impark CEO to repay over $1.2 million in severance and to disgorge fees earned from and profits earned by his new company as a result of a breach of his fiduciary duties.

Corporations conducting business overseas must ensure that any investment is protected by a treaty with an ISDS clause.

In Menzies v Oakwood Solicitors [2024] UKSC 34, the Supreme Court considered the meaning of payment for the purposes of section 70(4) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (SA 1974).

This episode is part three in our podcast series on globalisation in the world of work, where we consider the issue of whether it is prudent for employees to engage in work whilst abroad.

It is inevitable that at some point within HMRC's dealings with taxpayers, mistakes will happen.

The cleaner should have exercised due care for her own safety and avoided obvious risks, so the appeal was dismissed.

Brodies represented the defender in this case where the pursuer was ordered to pay the defender's expenses because his solicitors failed to engage in any settlement attempts and litigated prematurely.

In the recent case Regus (Maxim) Limited v The Bank of Scotland plc, [2011] CSOH 129 the Court of Session has considered whether a letter issued by the Bank of Scotland in the context of a wider commercial agreement could be used to create an enforceable legal obligation, and be relied on as such, or whether it was merely a letter of comfort, without legal standing.

The Voluntary Pre-action Protocol is designed to provide structure to the pre-litigation process, but what happens when a claimant fails to abide by the Protocol, and instead, rushes headlong into litigation?

This recent judgment tested the issue of whether permission was granted to another to drive the vehicle.

Australian military veterans injured in British nuclear bomb tests are appealing to the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Shortly before the release of the Anderson decision, Menzies, J. released his decision in Vanbeselaere v. Vanbeselaere, 2023 MBKB 67. That case dealt with the validity of a pre-marital...

If an airline passenger slips, trips and falls during the course of a flight, or during embarkation or disembarkation, but there is no identifiable external cause of the fall...

The doctrine of federal paramountcy provides that where there is an inconsistency between validly enacted but overlapping provincial and federal legislation, the provincial legislation is inoperative to the extent of the inconsistency and the remainder of the provincial legislation is unaffected.

Based on growing concern about the adequacy of employment-related retirement planning opportunities and the level of retirement savings among Canadians, in December 2010, the federal Department of Finance released its "Framework for Pooled Registered Pension Plans".

On September 18, 2012, the federal government announced that the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada (the CDC Code) will be expanded to include mobile payments.

The meaning of the phrase "arising out of" has recently been considered by the High Court of England and Wales.

Maralinga by Frank Walker is a story of a government's greatest betrayal of its people, with related dire consequences.