Swampillai v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2019 ONCA 201
| Judge | Feldman; Roberts; Fairburn |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Ontario) |
| Case Date | Thursday March 14, 2019 |
| Jurisdiction | Ontario |
| Citations | 2019 ONCA 201 |
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Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 11-15, 2019)
...Yates, 2002 BCCA 583, Mady Development Corp v Rossetto, 2012 ONCA 31 Swampillai v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2019 ONCA 201 Keywords: Contracts, Employment Law, Long-Term Disability Benefits, Releases, Enforceability, Unconscionability, Civil Procedure, Summary Ju......
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A Whirlwind Review: Ontario Court Of Appeal Employment Cases 2018 - 2019
...intentional infliction of mental distress. A Release is a Release! (Sort of) Swampillai v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance of Company, 2019 ONCA 201 Mr. Swampillai worked for his employer, Royal & Sun Alliance ("RSA"), starting in 2001. In 2013, he went on short-term disability due t......
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Sheikh v. Sheikh, 2020 ONSC 668
...is the more appropriate forum for the court to hear evidence in order to reach a just determination of the case: Swampillai v. Royal Sun, 2019 ONCA 201. [88] In Trade Capital v. Cook, 2019 ONSC 4950, Penny J. recognized this undercurrent in t......
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What's In A Release Anyway?
...recent decision from Ontario's Court of Appeal (Swampillai v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2019 ONCA 201) confirms a release signed by an employee should only be overturned for unfairness with clear evidence of a lack of What Happened? The employee was a labourer wh......
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Sheikh v. Sheikh, 2020 ONSC 668
...is the more appropriate forum for the court to hear evidence in order to reach a just determination of the case: Swampillai v. Royal Sun, 2019 ONCA 201. [88] In Trade Capital v. Cook, 2019 ONSC 4950, Penny J. recognized this undercurrent in t......
6 firm's commentaries
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Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 11-15, 2019)
...Yates, 2002 BCCA 583, Mady Development Corp v Rossetto, 2012 ONCA 31 Swampillai v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2019 ONCA 201 Keywords: Contracts, Employment Law, Long-Term Disability Benefits, Releases, Enforceability, Unconscionability, Civil Procedure, Summary Ju......
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A Whirlwind Review: Ontario Court Of Appeal Employment Cases 2018 - 2019
...intentional infliction of mental distress. A Release is a Release! (Sort of) Swampillai v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance of Company, 2019 ONCA 201 Mr. Swampillai worked for his employer, Royal & Sun Alliance ("RSA"), starting in 2001. In 2013, he went on short-term disability due t......
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What's In A Release Anyway?
...recent decision from Ontario's Court of Appeal (Swampillai v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2019 ONCA 201) confirms a release signed by an employee should only be overturned for unfairness with clear evidence of a lack of What Happened? The employee was a labourer wh......
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LTD Case Law Update - Summer 2019
...RELEASE - ENFORCEABILITY Swampillai v. Royal & Sun Alliance and Sun Life Assurance Company (2018) ONSC 4023; 2019 ONCA 201 The decision in Swampillai v. Royal & Sun Alliance and Sun Life Assurance Company (2018) ONSC 4023 (motions judge decision listed in the Fall 2018 LTD update) w......
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