Ostrow v. Abacus Management Corp. Mergers & Acquisitions
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Judge | Watchuk, J. |
| Date | 29 May 2014 |
| Citation | [2014] B.C.T.C. Uned. 938,[2014] B.C.T.C. Uned. 938 (SC),2014 BCSC 938 |
| Court | Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) |
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36 practice notes
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Dismissal Without Cause
...by the employer unreasonable and unfair? Each case depends on its own particular facts. 39 2015 ONSC 2138 . 40 Ibid at para 35. 41 2014 BCSC 938 . 42 Ibid at para 84 (emphasis in original). 43 [1997] 1 SCR 8 46, 1997 CanLII 387 . © 2022 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 24......
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Steinebach v. Clean Energy Compression Corp.,
...determine an appropriate length of notice were recently summarized in Ostrow v. Abacus Management Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions , 2014 BCSC 938: [35] The general principles governing the assessment of reasonable notice are well established. The purpose of reasonable notice is to prov......
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2025 BCSC 582,
...Saalfeld v. Absolute Software Corporation, 2009 BCCA 18 at para. 15; Ostrow v. Abacus Management Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions, 2014 BCSC 938 at para. 41; Sciancamerli v. Comtech (Communication Technologies) Ltd., 2014 BCSC 2140 at para. 35; Chapple v. Big Bay Landing Ltd. (Inc. No. ......
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Munoz v. Sierra Systems Group Inc.,
...BCCA 683; Hill at paras. 47-48; Pollock v. Cotter , 2005 BCSC 1799; Ostrow v. Abacus Management Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions , 2014 BCSC 938; Robertson v. Weavexx Corp. (1997), 30 B.C.L.R. (3d) 381 (C.A.); Saalfeld v. Absolute Software Corporation , 2009 BCCA 18 [ Saalfeld ]; Gracef......
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33 cases
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Steinebach v. Clean Energy Compression Corp.,
...determine an appropriate length of notice were recently summarized in Ostrow v. Abacus Management Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions , 2014 BCSC 938: [35] The general principles governing the assessment of reasonable notice are well established. The purpose of reasonable notice is to prov......
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2025 BCSC 582,
...Saalfeld v. Absolute Software Corporation, 2009 BCCA 18 at para. 15; Ostrow v. Abacus Management Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions, 2014 BCSC 938 at para. 41; Sciancamerli v. Comtech (Communication Technologies) Ltd., 2014 BCSC 2140 at para. 35; Chapple v. Big Bay Landing Ltd. (Inc. No. ......
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Munoz v. Sierra Systems Group Inc.,
...BCCA 683; Hill at paras. 47-48; Pollock v. Cotter , 2005 BCSC 1799; Ostrow v. Abacus Management Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions , 2014 BCSC 938; Robertson v. Weavexx Corp. (1997), 30 B.C.L.R. (3d) 381 (C.A.); Saalfeld v. Absolute Software Corporation , 2009 BCCA 18 [ Saalfeld ]; Gracef......
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Chapple v. Big Bay Landing Ltd. (Inc. No. 0764163),
...to reasonable notice in the context of a claim of wrongful dismissal (Ostrow v. Abacus Management Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions, 2014 BCSC 938): [35] The general principles governing the assessment of reasonable notice are well established. The purpose of reasonable notice is to prov......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Non-Competition Provision Results In Increased Notice Period
...the recent case of Ostrow v. Abacus Management Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions, 2014 BCSC 938, the B.C. Supreme Court followed an approach taken in a small handful of cases (predominantly out of Ontario but including an appellate case out of B.C.) and confirmed that a non-competition p......
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Non-Competition Clause May Increase Reasonable Notice Period
...to find alternative work and ultimately the length of the reasonable notice period awarded at trial. In Ostrow v. Abacus Management, 2014 BCSC 938 (CanLII), the plaintiff, a specialist in international and U.S. tax, had been employed with Abacus for five months at the time of the terminatio......
1 books & journal articles
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Dismissal Without Cause
...by the employer unreasonable and unfair? Each case depends on its own particular facts. 39 2015 ONSC 2138 . 40 Ibid at para 35. 41 2014 BCSC 938 . 42 Ibid at para 84 (emphasis in original). 43 [1997] 1 SCR 8 46, 1997 CanLII 387 . © 2022 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 24......