Ostrow v. Abacus Management Corp. Mergers & Acquisitions

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
JudgeWatchuk, J.
Date29 May 2014
Citation[2014] B.C.T.C. Uned. 938,[2014] B.C.T.C. Uned. 938 (SC),2014 BCSC 938
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)

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36 practice notes
  • Dismissal Without Cause
    • Canada
    • Working with the Law Collection Employment Law for Paralegals, 2nd Edition
    • May 12, 2022
    ...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......
  • Steinebach v. Clean Energy Compression Corp.,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • March 25, 2015
    ...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......
  • 2025 BCSC 582,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...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. ......
  • Munoz v. Sierra Systems Group Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 24, 2015
    ...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
  • Steinebach v. Clean Energy Compression Corp.,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • March 25, 2015
    ...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......
  • 2025 BCSC 582,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...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. ......
  • Munoz v. Sierra Systems Group Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 24, 2015
    ...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......
  • Chapple v. Big Bay Landing Ltd. (Inc. No. 0764163),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • September 27, 2018
    ...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
  • Non-Competition Provision Results In Increased Notice Period
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 2, 2015
    ...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......
  • Non-Competition Clause May Increase Reasonable Notice Period
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 29, 2014
    ...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
  • Dismissal Without Cause
    • Canada
    • Working with the Law Collection Employment Law for Paralegals, 2nd Edition
    • May 12, 2022
    ...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......