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Perks Law Group
March 1, 2021
Fixed-Term Contract Damages: How is Mitigation Income Treated?
The appellate courts have yet to provide a definitive and consistent answer as to whether an employee is under a duty to mitigate their losses upon the ...
Perks Law Group
February 22, 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on Notice Periods: Yee v. Hudson's Bay Company
Since the beginning of the pandemic, employers and employees have both been asking, “Will the pandemic cause employers to pay longer than normal common law ...
Perks Law Group
December 30, 2020
Knowingly misleading a counterparty can include half-truths, omissions, and even silence, depending on the circumstances: The SCC expands the duty of honest performance in contract
In C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger, 2020 SCC 45, Justice Kasirer, writing for the majority, revisits the common law duty of honest contractual performance six ...
Perks Law Group
December 28, 2020
Arbitration Clause in Uber: 2020 Year-in-Review
The SCC, in Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020, struck down an arbitration clause that would have barred a group of Ontario workers from proceeding with ...
Perks Law Group
November 5, 2020
How to Prepare Your Business For the Second Wave
Canada’s labour market is soon to experience the impact of the second wave of COVID-19. For many employers, this requires a delicate balance between their ...
Perks Law Group
October 26, 2020
PRECs: Personal Real Estate Corporations (PRECs) now available in Ontario
This article was originally published by The Lawyer's Daily (www.thelawyersdaily.ca), a division of LexisNexis Canada.
The Ontario Government has ...
Perks Law Group
October 15, 2020
The Document That Could Save You Thousands: Employment Agreements 101
In the not so distant past, it was common practice for an employment relationship to begin with a simple handshake and a mutual understanding of the role, ...
Perks Law Group
September 28, 2020
IDEL Protections Extended to January 2021
“IDEL” refers to the Ontario Government’s Infectious Disease Emergency Leave, which was added to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”) as a ...
Perks Law Group
September 21, 2020
Force Majeure Front and Centre: A COVID-19 Perspective
What is a force majeure clause? The underlying principle of a force majeure clause is that no party to an agreement should be held to perform its ...
Perks Law Group
September 14, 2020
Asset Purchase vs. Share Purchase
Perhaps you want to buy a business or perhaps you want to sell one. There are two common ways through which a business can be bought or sold: sale of assets ...
Perks Law Group
September 7, 2020
Shareholders' Agreement: What is it and why do you need it?
For corporations with more than one shareholder, a Shareholders’ Agreement is often a prudent and beneficial agreement. A Shareholders’ agreement is a ...