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Termination & Leaves from Employment during COVID19

With COVID19 forcing many businesses to close and others to see a serious drop in revenue, many companies are having to face the difficult consideration of laying off staff to decrease their payroll expenses.  While most of the standard laws about termination of employees apply, there are some new or coronavirus-specific laws in place to […]

Force Majeure & Frustration: How COVID-19 may affect contracts

Since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic in May 2020 and the virus’ effects have spread through British Columbia, the effects of closures, layoffs, and cancelations are being felt by businesses who need to know what their obligations are. Perhaps you hired a company to renovate your office, or you hired a catering company […]

AL-THAMER V BAKHTIYARI, 2018 BCSC 1526

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment “DLG, working with co-counsel, obtained a Court Order on behalf of their clients (the Plaintiffs) enforcing Minutes of Settlement entered into with the other party (the Defendants), resulting in the Defendants being ordered to pay $1,750,000.00 to the Plaintiffs.” Read more about this case at CanLII

POWELL V SJERVEN, 2017 BCSC 1546

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG successfully represented a plaintiff mortgage broker in his lawsuit against his former managing brokerage and its principal for breach of their agreement to continue paying him commissions after he left the firm. Read more about this case at CanLII

AL-SABAH V. AL-SABAH, 2016 BCCA 365

Al-Sabah v. Al-Sabah, 2016 BCCA 365 At the Court of Appeal, DLG represented a former administrator of her deceased father’s estate after a lower court had removed her. The Court of Appeal denied the appeal, finding that the Supreme Court judge had not committed a reviewable error in his decision.

Francescutti v. Vancouver (City), 2016 BCSC 1191

DNL Case – Reasons for Judgment DLG helped a former sanitation worker with the City of Vancouver bring a human rights complaint against the City on the basis of his wrongful dismissal by the City after they learned of his mental illness.  The City applied to have the complaint dismissed and DLG was successful in […]