Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc, 2021 ABQB 82
Judge | Honourable Madam Justice A. Woolley |
Neutral Citation | 2021 ABQB 82 |
Date | 02 February 2021 |
Citation | 2021 ABQB 82 |
Docket Number | 1001 18586 |
Court | Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada) |
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10 practice notes
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Stonham v Recycling Worx Inc.,
...Limited, 2015 ABQB 563 at para 30. The onus is on the employer to prove just cause: [ Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc, 2021 ABQB 82] at para 110; Whitford v Agrium Inc, 2006 ABQB 726 … at para 30. [64] A finding of misconduct does not, in and of itself, give rise to jus......
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Singh v Clark Builders,
...the sanction imposed: Whitehouse at para 29. 138 This contextual approach was confirmed in Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc, 2021 ABQB 82: [408] An employer need not continue an employee's employment indefinitely. And, of course, an employee need not continue working for an emp......
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New Developments On The Oppression Remedy And Bad Faith
...Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc., 2021 ABQB 82 The duty of honest contractual performance and the oppression remedy are two key risk areas facing businesses, particularly closely held corporations. The decisions in Haack v. Secure Energy (Drilling) Inc. 2021 ABQB 82, and 2021 ABQB 342......
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In Good Faith: Seven Cases Impacting Your Contracts
...purposes and did not violate the duty to act in good faith. The Employment Law Context: Haack v. Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc., 2021 ABQB 82 In Haack, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench confirmed that the duty of good faith and honest performance focuses on honesty and whether a co......
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6 cases
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Stonham v Recycling Worx Inc.,
...Limited, 2015 ABQB 563 at para 30. The onus is on the employer to prove just cause: [ Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc, 2021 ABQB 82] at para 110; Whitford v Agrium Inc, 2006 ABQB 726 … at para 30. [64] A finding of misconduct does not, in and of itself, give rise to jus......
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2023 ABPC 31,
...employer and were terminated, the defendant employer has the burden to establish cause: Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc., 2021 ABQB 82 at para 110, as cited in GiVogue v International Union of Elevator Constructors, 2021 ABPC 188 at para 28 As set out by Justice Woolley in Haa......
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Starling v Independent Living Resource Centre of Calgary,
...employer and were terminated, the defendant employer has the burden to establish cause: Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc., 2021 ABQB 82 at para 110, as cited in GiVogue v International Union of Elevator Constructors, 2021 ABPC 188 at para 28 As set out by Justice Woolley in Haa......
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2023 ABCJ 207,
...SCC 38 13 2022 ABCA 83 (CanLII) 14 see paragraph 52, Baker, supra, and paragraph 110 of Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc., 2021 ABQB 82 15 2020 Thomson Reuters Canada 16 2019, Eleventh Edition, Thomson Reuters 17 2008 ABQB 34 18 2007 Thompson Carswell 19 see section 8, Court of......
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2 firm's commentaries
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New Developments On The Oppression Remedy And Bad Faith
...Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc., 2021 ABQB 82 The duty of honest contractual performance and the oppression remedy are two key risk areas facing businesses, particularly closely held corporations. The decisions in Haack v. Secure Energy (Drilling) Inc. 2021 ABQB 82, and 2021 ABQB 342......
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In Good Faith: Seven Cases Impacting Your Contracts
...purposes and did not violate the duty to act in good faith. The Employment Law Context: Haack v. Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc., 2021 ABQB 82 In Haack, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench confirmed that the duty of good faith and honest performance focuses on honesty and whether a co......
1 books & journal articles
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2021 Employment Law Alberta Year in Review.
...entitlement to the bonuses, so the employer had to pay them. Just Cause for Dismissal Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc, 2021 ABQB 82 dealt with just cause for summary dismissal. The case provides an excellent summary of the law of just cause in Alberta, affirming the high bar a......