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The enforceability of arbitration clauses in BC employment contracts

The BC Supreme Court recently considered the enforceability of arbitration clauses in employment contracts, as was addressed in Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc. et al, 2019 ONCA 1 ("Uber").

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Consumer directed finance: Open banking in Canada

On January 31, 2020, Canada’s Advisory Committee on Open Banking (the Committee) released its report, “Consumer-directed finance: the future of financial services” (the Report), moving Canada towards the next phase in its process of implementing open banking legislation.

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Doing zilch re mitigation reduces notice period from 14 to 12 months

In Seykors v Rural Municipality of Lake Lenore (2019 SKQB 225) Richmond J. reduced the notice period by 2 months where the Plaintiff’s mitigation efforts were minimal and he had not applied for even one job.

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