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By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read December 17, 2014

Eighteen-year tax battle with the CRA a win for taxpayers

Irvin Leroux fought the Canada Revenue Agency for 18 years over allegations of unpaid taxes and gross negligence. Despite losing some of Leroux’s original documents, the CRA eventually claimed he owed close to a million dollars in taxes, penalties and interest for three years when he was starting his RV park business in British Columbia.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting / accountability, BC, British Columbia, Canada Revenue Agency, CRA, CRA audit, CRA duty of care, Duty of care, duty of care to taxpayers, gross negligence, Irvin Leroux, legal compliance, lost documents, tax compliance, tax court, unpaid taxes

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 4 Minutes Read September 7, 2012

Corporate liability of having Automatic Electronic Defibrillator’s (AED) in the workplace

Recently I received a question from one of our subscriber doing research on the corporate liability of having Automatic Electronc Defibrillator's (AED's) in the workplace, and he wondered if I had any information on the topic?

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Health and Safety / AED, automated external defibrillator, Automatic Electronic Defibrillators, Chase McEachern Act, Corporate liability, emergency care, emergency response, employment law, first aid, Food and Drugs Act, Good Samaritan Act, gross negligence, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Heart Defibrillator Civil Liability, Labour Law, medical devices, Medical Devices Regulations, Medical emergency, Paramedic Service, workers compensation

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read June 19, 2012

Five steps to effective internal investigations

How often do you undertake an internal investigation? In an environment where employers are under increasingly strict obligations to investigate workplace incidents over an increasing number of issues, employers in Ontario are facing more complaints...

Article by Adam Gorley / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Privacy / balance of probabilities, conducting interviews, confidential information, Davis LLP, defamation, employment law, false imprisonment, good faith, gross negligence, identify risks, intentional infliction of mental suffering, internal investigation, Karen Bock, liability, negligent infliction of mental suffering, negligent investigation, occupational health and safety act, OHSA, ontario, record keeping, Tatha Swann, third-party investigator, violation of privacy, workplace incidents, workplace investigations

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