Jan 16, 2024 Big Bucks for Bad Faith Benefits By Sarah Holder Case Citation: Baker v Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada, 2023 ONCA 842 Background Facts: Ms. Baker suffered a stroke in...
Jan 08, 2024 Cost Inflation in Alberta Litigation: The Grimes Multiplier By Shad Chapman Jack Stout Written by Jack Stout, Student-at-Law, and Shad Chapman, Lifetime-Learner-at-Law, at Brownlee LLP Case citation: Grimes v Governors of...
Jul 12, 2023 Just When I Thought I Was Out… | Parks v McAvoy By Drew Wilson Written by Drew Wilson, Associate and Sarah Rhydderch, Summer Student In Parks v McAvoy, 2023 ABCA 211, the Alberta Court of Appeal...
Jul 06, 2023 Use of Social Media Evidence at Trial By Shad Chapman Written by Shad Chapman, Olivia Brassard & Julia Pratt July 5, 2023 Social media evidence can be instrumental in challenging the...
May 24, 2023 BC Court of Appeal Reins in Excessive Loss of Future Earning Capacity Award | Deegan v. L’Heureux, 2023 BCCA 159 By Drew Wilson Written by Drew Wilson and Sarah Rhydderch, Summer Student In Deegan v. L’Heureux, 2023 BCCA 159, the BC Court of Appeal stepped in and...
Mar 09, 2023 "Durability” Stands the Test of Time in Future Income Loss Claim (Boucher v. Bemister, 2023 BCCA 17) By Jesse Stanich The Appellant/Defendants appealed a damage award for a motor vehicle accident, specifically for loss of future income capacity. The...
Feb 11, 2021 Don't Miss Your Deadline to Apply for the Critical Worker Benefit Payment for your Employees By Colin Fetter As many may have already heard, the Alberta Government announced its new program to distribute one-time $1,200 payments to eligible...
Mar 16, 2020 Alberta School and Day Care Closure: Employers wondering what happens with your Employees that don't have child care tomorrow? By Colin Fetter As an easy first reference to handle tomorrow, below is a link to the Alberta Employment Standards Code Fact Sheet on Family...
Mar 15, 2020 Important New Alberta Employment Rules for COVID-19 By Colin Fetter Update as of Wednesday March 18: This original Brownlee article was posted on March 15th and cited the wording on the 14 day leave at...
Mar 06, 2020 Coronavirus and the Workplace - Do's and Don'ts for Employers By Kyle Allen The World Health Organization has declared the Coronavirus, COVID-19, a global health emergency. In response, our clients have been...
Jan 15, 2019 Medical & Recreational Cannabis - Must Knows and Must Dos Webinar By Colin Fetter Be sure to catch Colin Fetter, Partner at Brownlee LLP tomorrow between 12:00pm-1:00pm for a complimentary webinar on cannabis in our...
Nov 23, 2018 Just Cause: The Holy Grail Or Leprechaun Gold? By Colin Fetter Pleased to have contributed the linked article to CPHR Alberta's Magazine Winter Edition. A reminder to all employers of the immense...