Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc

JurisdictionAlberta
CourtCourt of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
JudgeHonourable Madam Justice A. Woolley
Neutral Citation2021 ABQB 82
Citation2021 ABQB 82
Date02 February 2021
Docket Number1001 18586

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18 practice notes
  • McDonald v Sproule Management GP Limited
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • October 17, 2023
    ...and the plaintiff having the burden to prove condonation of misconduct by the employer: Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc, 2021 ABQB 82 at para 110; Rudichuk v Genesis Land Development Corp, 2019 ABQB 133 [Rudichuk QB] at paras 37-40, affirmed 2020 ABCA 42 [Rudichuk [56] Accordi......
  • Stonham v Recycling Worx Inc
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • November 7, 2023
    ...Canada 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 [64] A finding of misconduct does not, in and of itself, give rise to just c......
  • Singh v. Clark Builders
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 6, 2025
    ...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 no......
  • K.R. v. J.R.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • October 24, 2022
    ...witnessed, and require inferences to be drawn in order to connect them to the claimant. As Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc., 2021 ABQB 82 112 Evidence supporting a claim may be direct or circumstantial; it may on its own support the conclusion that the event occurred (re wheth......
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15 cases
  • McDonald v Sproule Management GP Limited
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • October 17, 2023
    ...and the plaintiff having the burden to prove condonation of misconduct by the employer: Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc, 2021 ABQB 82 at para 110; Rudichuk v Genesis Land Development Corp, 2019 ABQB 133 [Rudichuk QB] at paras 37-40, affirmed 2020 ABCA 42 [Rudichuk [56] Accordi......
  • Stonham v Recycling Worx Inc
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • November 7, 2023
    ...Canada 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 [64] A finding of misconduct does not, in and of itself, give rise to just c......
  • Singh v. Clark Builders
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 6, 2025
    ...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 no......
  • K.R. v. J.R.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • October 24, 2022
    ...witnessed, and require inferences to be drawn in order to connect them to the claimant. As Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc., 2021 ABQB 82 112 Evidence supporting a claim may be direct or circumstantial; it may on its own support the conclusion that the event occurred (re wheth......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • New Developments On The Oppression Remedy And Bad Faith
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 12, 2021
    ...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......
  • In Good Faith: Seven Cases Impacting Your Contracts
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 28, 2022
    ...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
  • 2021 Employment Law Alberta Year in Review.
    • Canada
    • LawNow Vol. 46 No. 2, December 2021
    • December 1, 2021
    ...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......