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Sexual assault is by definition serious misconduct

In AG Growth International Inc v Dupont ( 2021 ABQB) Justice Little, sitting on appeal from a decision of the Provincial Court found that the trial judge had made a error of law when he failed to begin his analysis of the actions of the Plaintiff by starting with the premise that a sexual assault is automatically at the high end misconduct.

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Protecting vulnerable complainants of sexual harassment during litigation

Tired of talking about COVID-19? We certainly are. In an effort to set the pandemic aside for a moment, in this blog article we are going to revisit an old topic: sexual harassment in the workplace.

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Believing women while remaining neutral: Conducting sexual harassment and sexual violence investigations in a post-#metoo world

As in all investigations, the only way to sort out information that does not seem to make sense is to ask. In the case of complainants who may have experienced a traumatic event, asking such questions in a calm, non-judgmental way is more important than ever.

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