Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | Wagner, Richard; Moldaver, Michael J.; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas |
Citation | 2020 SCC 26 |
Docket Number | 38252 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
Date | 09 October 2020 |
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126 practice notes
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (May 22, 2023 ' May 26, 2023)
...Misrepresentation, Ledcor Construction Ltd. v. Northbridge Indemnity Insurance Co., 2016 SCC 37, Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, 2249778 Ontario Inc. v. Smith (Fratburger), 2014 ONCA 788, Meridian C C Intl Inc. v......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JUNE 21 – 25)
...was remanded by the Supreme Court of Canada with the directive of applying the recent decision of Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26. The Court affirmed its original decision. In Moore v . 7595611 Canada Corp., the Court refused to set aside the damage awards the jury mad......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 27, 2023 ' March 3, 2023)
...53, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 633, Rasanen v. Lisle-Metrix Ltd. (2002), 17 C.C.E.L. (3d) 134 (Ont. S.C.), Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, 449 D.L.R. (4th) 583, Paquette v. TeraGo Networks Inc., 2016 ONCA 618, 34 C.C.E.L. (4th) 26, Lin v. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, 2016 ONCA......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 18-22, 2021)
...Damages, Stock Awards, Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41, s. 60(a), (b), Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, Berlingieri v. DeSantis (1980), 31 O.R. (2d) 1 (C.A.) Ilgner v. Box, 2021 ONCA 747 Keywords: Wills and Estates, Wills, Validity, Civil Procedure, App......
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59 cases
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Haack v Secure Energy (Drilling Services) Inc, 2021 ABQB 82
...compensation depending upon the circumstances of the case…. [445] And as it said most recently in Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26 at para Under rules recognized by this Court in Bhasin and Potter, an unhappy employee can allege dishonesty in the performance of the contra......
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Escobar v. Ocean Pacific Ltd., 2021 BCSC 2414
...allow for alleged dishonesty in contractual performance to be factored into the notice period: Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26 at para. 44-45. Ocean Pacific asserts that a claim for breach of the duty of honest performance or bad faith conduct at the time of dismis......
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Wasylynuk v. Canada (Royal Mounted Police), 2020 FC 962
...re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta.), [1987] 1 SCR. 313, at p. 368a-c. See also Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, at paras 7-8, 10 and 87-88. I accept Cpl. Wasylynuk’s evidence that if an investigation for breach of the Code of Conduct or ultimately a hearing......
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Schaufert v Calgary Co-Operative Association Limited, 2021 ABQB 579
...damages. There is “no such implied term of the contract to provide payment in lieu” (Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd, 2020 SCC 26 at para 74; see also paras 71-75 where the Court appears to reject the contrary conclusion in the earlier decision of the Alberta Court of Ap......
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64 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 8 ' March 12, 2021)
...decision on remand from the Supreme Court of Canada in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26. The case involved a wrongfully terminated employee's rights to additional damages in relation to shares he held in the parent company of his ......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (May 22, 2023 ' May 26, 2023)
...Misrepresentation, Ledcor Construction Ltd. v. Northbridge Indemnity Insurance Co., 2016 SCC 37, Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, 2249778 Ontario Inc. v. Smith (Fratburger), 2014 ONCA 788, Meridian C C Intl Inc. v......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 27, 2023 ' March 3, 2023)
...53, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 633, Rasanen v. Lisle-Metrix Ltd. (2002), 17 C.C.E.L. (3d) 134 (Ont. S.C.), Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, 449 D.L.R. (4th) 583, Paquette v. TeraGo Networks Inc., 2016 ONCA 618, 34 C.C.E.L. (4th) 26, Lin v. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, 2016 ONCA......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 21 ' 25)
...was remanded by the Supreme Court of Canada with the directive of applying the recent decision of Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26. The Court affirmed its original In Moore v . 7595611 Canada Corp., the Court refused to set aside the damage awards the jury made at trial......
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4 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...Matkowski v Saskatchewan, 2007 SKQB 46 ............................................276, 832 Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd, 2020 SCC 26 .................................675 MBC v OPSEU, [2002] OLRD No 636 (McLean) ....................................520, 521 MBC v OPSEU, [2002] OLRD ......
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Dismissal Without Cause
...to dismiss an employee on reasonable notice is an implicit part of the employment contract, so the normal distress and hurt feelings 76 2020 SCC 26 at para 54. See also Celestini v Shoplogix Inc , 2021 ONSC 3539 ; Lake v LaPresse (2018) Inc , 2021 ONSC 3506 . 77 Matthews , supra note 76 at ......
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Key Aspects of the OPSEU/MBC Collective Agreements, as Interpreted by the GSB
...or arbitrarily”: Bhasin v Hrynew , 2014 SCC 71 at para 63, which extends to employment contracts: Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd , 2020 SCC 26 at para 40. 221 Re Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth and CUPE , Local 167 , 1978 CanLII 3420 (ON LA) (Kennedy) at 53–54, citing R v......
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2021 Employment Law Alberta Year in Review.
...law, because to do so would make the article much longer than it already is! Bonuses, Duty of Good Faith Matthews v Ocean Nutrition, 2020 SCC 26 is a Supreme Court of Canada decision that came out at the end of 2020. I have included it here because it is probably one of the most important e......