The decision of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP v British Columbia (Human Rights Tribunal), 2012 BCCA 313, previously discussed on this site, has now made its way to the Supreme Court. Canada’s highest court has confirmed the result that Mr. McCormick, an equity partner at Fasken, could not succeed in his claim of age discrimination against […]
In Western Larch Limited v Di Poce Management Limited, 2013 ONCA 722 [Western Larch], a decision released on November 29, 2013, the Ontario Court of Appeal reviewed the exercise of a shotgun buy-sell provision (a.k.a. a “shotgun clause”) in a partnership agreement. The motion judge, presiding over the Commercial List, found that the buy-sell offer […]
Attention all hockey fans! The British Columbia Court of Appeal ("BCCA") recently released a decision involving the Vancouver Canucks, a team in the National Hockey League. Blue Line Hockey Acquisition Co, Inc v Orca Bay Hockey Limited Partnership, 2009 BCCA 34, looks at the nature of a partnership in the context of one’s purchase of […]