Congratulations to the 34 Hicks Morley lawyers who are recognized in the 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada™ in the areas of Labour and Employment Law, Employee Benefits Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, and Workers’ Compensation Law.
Practice Area: Litigation
Represented a major hospital who terminated over 150 employees for benefit fraud.
Represented a major hospital who terminated over 150 employees for benefit fraud.
Successfully resolved between 20–30 wrongful dismissal matters of varying complexity for a large federally regulated organization.
Successfully resolved between 20–30 wrongful dismissal matters of varying complexity for a large federally regulated organization.
Mari Maimets
Mari advises both Canadian employers and U.S.-based clients with operations in Canada on matters related to litigation, employment law and human rights. She has extensive experience representing clients in disputes before the courts and administrative tribunals including wrongful and constructive dismissal claims, human rights disputes, disability-related claims, workplace sexual assault claims, and executive compensation claims.
Court Considers Appropriate Pleadings in Class Action Context
In a recent development in Ottawa’s “convoy class action,” Justice MacLeod of the Ontario Superior Court provided a helpful review for litigants of what will be considered an appropriate pleading under the Rules of Civil Procedure particularly in the class proceedings context. Background Li v. Barber is a proposed class proceeding commenced by an Ottawa…
Ontario Court Approves Settlement Amount in Employee Misclassification Class Action
In Phillip v Deloitte Management Services LLP et al, the Ontario Superior Court recently approved a $2.4 million dollar settlement in a class action alleging employee misclassification and breaches of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). The class action commenced nearly 8 years ago and involved approximately 500 individuals who provided document review and e-discovery…
BC Court Denies Application to Stay a Class Action Appeal in Order to Avoid “Litigation in Slices”
In Facebook, Inc. v. Douez, the Supreme Court of British Columbia denied an application by the representative plaintiff (Ms. Douez) to stay an appeal by Facebook of a class action order with respect to liability. The Court noted that while there is a general aversion to “litigation in slices,” it may be appropriate to permit…
Appellate Court Denies Certification of Class Actions Claiming Intrusion Upon Seclusion
In Broutzas v. Rouge Valley Health System, the Ontario Divisional Court dismissed an appeal from a motion decision that had denied certification in two class proceedings, which were focused on the tort of intrusion upon seclusion. Background The appellants gave birth at certain hospitals between 2009 and 2014 and their hospital records were improperly accessed…
Successfully represented an employer before the Federal Court in a judicial review of a decision of the Canadian Human Rights Commission dismissing a complaint against the employer as vexatious.
Successfully represented an employer before the Federal Court in a judicial review of a decision of the Canadian Human Rights Commission dismissing a complaint against the employer as vexatious.
Beyond COVID-19: 2022 Year in Review – Cases and Legislation of Note
Employers and human resource professionals will undoubtedly remember 2022 as another year shaped by the pandemic.
But…there were also legal developments in 2022 that were not related to COVID-19. In this FTR Now, we look at some of the past year’s notable “non-pandemic” cases and legislative developments.