Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd.
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner, Richard; Moldaver, Michael J.; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas |
| Citation | 2020 SCC 26 |
| Date | 09 October 2020 |
| Docket Number | 38252 |
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145 practice notes
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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 (August 11 ' 15, 2025)
...(Attorney General), 2016 ONCA 5, The Rosseau Group Inc. v. 252801 Ontario Inc., 2023 ONCA 814, Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, YG Limited Partnership and YSL Residences (Re), 2021 ONSC 520 Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law of Canada, loose-leaf (2025-Rel 7), 4th ed., Fridm......
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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 (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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...Alberta Ltd. v. 11180673 Canada Inc., 2021 ONCA 590; C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger, 2020 SCC 45; Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26; Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC [80] Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71. [81] Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26. [82] Moore v. Swee......
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McDonald v Sproule Management GP Limited
...if reasonable notice is not provided, the employee is entitled to damages for breach of contract: Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd, 2020 SCC 26 at paras 38 and 43; Honda Canada Inc v Keays, 2008 SCC 39 at para 50 [Keays]. [52] McDonald asserts that Sproule breached his employment contr......
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Wasylynuk v. Canada (Royal Mounted Police)
...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
...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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70 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 (August 11 ' 15, 2025)
...(Attorney General), 2016 ONCA 5, The Rosseau Group Inc. v. 252801 Ontario Inc., 2023 ONCA 814, Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, YG Limited Partnership and YSL Residences (Re), 2021 ONSC 520 Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law of Canada, loose-leaf (2025-Rel 7), 4th ed., Fridm......
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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 (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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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......