ServiceMaster of Canada Limited v. Meyer

CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeThe Honourable Madam Justice Marina Paperny,The Honourable Mr. Justice Thomas W. Wakeling,The Honourable Madam Justice Elizabeth Hughes
Citation2019 ABCA 130
Docket Number1803-0235-AC; 1803-0234-AC
Date09 April 2019

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17 practice notes
  • Knelsen Sand & Gravel Ltd v Harco Enterprises Ltd
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • October 29, 2021
    ...applied promptly for relief or other deficiencies equity traditionally recognized exist”); ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd. v. Meyer, 2019 ABCA 130, ¶ 104; 440 D.L.R. 4th 631, 660 per Wakeling, J.A. (“The failure to pass any one standard is fatal”); Bruderheim Communit......
  • AB v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • September 24, 2021
    ...in the progression not be met, the application [for interlocutory injunctive relief] will fail”); ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd. v. Meyer, 2019 ABCA 130, ¶ 104; 440 D.L.R. 4th 631, 660 per Wakeling, J.A. (“The failure to pass any one standard is fatal”); Bruderheim Community Church v. Board o......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...]. 64 See Bombardier Transport Canada Inc v Metrolinx , 2017 ONSC 2372 [ Bombardier ]. 65 See ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd v Meyer , 2019 ABCA 130; RFSP Equipment v Singh , 2022 BCSC 538, injunction refused for lack of proof of irreparable harm. 66 See Unique Sea Farms Ltd v Canada Marine Li......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...a restraint clause where an employee was lawfully, but involuntarily, made redundant. 35 See ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd v Meyer , 2019 ABCA 130 at paras 12 and 84. 36 Ibid at para 105. In AB v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta , 2021 ABCA 320 at para 47 and n 75 in the judgment......
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  • Knelsen Sand & Gravel Ltd v Harco Enterprises Ltd
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • October 29, 2021
    ...applied promptly for relief or other deficiencies equity traditionally recognized exist”); ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd. v. Meyer, 2019 ABCA 130, ¶ 104; 440 D.L.R. 4th 631, 660 per Wakeling, J.A. (“The failure to pass any one standard is fatal”); Bruderheim Communit......
  • AB v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • September 24, 2021
    ...in the progression not be met, the application [for interlocutory injunctive relief] will fail”); ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd. v. Meyer, 2019 ABCA 130, ¶ 104; 440 D.L.R. 4th 631, 660 per Wakeling, J.A. (“The failure to pass any one standard is fatal”); Bruderheim Community Church v. Board o......
  • Chatters Ltd Partnership v Chatters Deerfoot Meadows Ltd
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 17, 2025
    ...ONSC 7630 at para 3; MTY Tiki Ming Enterprises v Azmy Enterprises Inc, 2018 NLSC 169 at para 45; ServiceMaster of Canada Limited v Meyer, 2019 ABCA 130 at para 105; Garcha Bros Meat Shop Ltd v Singh, 2021 BCCA 134 at para 26; Turtle v Valvoline Canadian Franchising Corp, 2021 SKCA 76 at par......
  • GG & HH Inc v 2306084 Alberta Ltd, 2022 ABQB 58
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 20, 2022
    ...fiduciary employee.” (BrettYoung at footnote 12 and authorities cited therein; see also ServiceMaster of Canada Limited v Meyer, 2019 ABCA 130 per Wakeling JA at para 141 and Anderson, Smyth & Kelly Customs Brokers Ltd v World Wide Customs Brokers Ltd, 1996 ABCA 169 at para [122]......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Ltd (1979), 101 DLR (3d) 376, 13 BCLR 15, 47 CPR (2d) 120 (SC) ........................ 590–91 ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd v Meyer, 2019 ABCA 130 .........................45, 97, 578 Setanta Sports NA Ltd v Score Television Network Ltd, [2009] OJ No 3281 (SCJ) ....................................
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...]. 64 See Bombardier Transport Canada Inc v Metrolinx , 2017 ONSC 2372 [ Bombardier ]. 65 See ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd v Meyer , 2019 ABCA 130; RFSP Equipment v Singh , 2022 BCSC 538, injunction refused for lack of proof of irreparable harm. 66 See Unique Sea Farms Ltd v Canada Marine Li......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...a restraint clause where an employee was lawfully, but involuntarily, made redundant. 35 See ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd v Meyer , 2019 ABCA 130 at paras 12 and 84. 36 Ibid at para 105. In AB v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta , 2021 ABCA 320 at para 47 and n 75 in the judgment......
  • Specific Performance: Contracts of Personal Service and Other Service Obligations
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Law, 2020), ch 12, section B(4). 53 General Billposting Co Ltd v Atkinson , [1909] AC 118 (HL). 54 ServiceMaster of Canada Ltd v Meyer , 2019 ABCA 130 at paras 118–20. 55 Lumley v Wagner (1852), 1 De GM & G 604, 42 ER 687 (Ch). 56 Ibid at 693. 57 Lumley later went on to sue Gye and in doing......