Costa Concordia: A Sea of Suits The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from England to New York City. The ship sank on April 15, 1912. History repeated itself nearly 100 years later when the Costa Concordia hit a rock off the Coast of Italy and sunk on January 13, 2012. As […]
Chief Justice McLachlin, for a unanimous Supreme Court of Canada (7-0), has confirmed (see [2012] 1 SCR 5) that Canada’s municipal councils are entitled to consider a wide range of factors when making a decision with respect to the make-up of a particular taxation bylaw. What’s more, McLachlin CJ makes it clear that a municipal […]
Labour arbitration affords an economical, accelerated and informal mechanism to maintain peaceful industrial relations and address the economic needs of an enterprise. Arbitrators adjudicate disputes by interpreting the language of the collective agreement, hearing evidence, and determining the obligations of the employer and the union. When arbitration decisions are challenged, the legal approach taken by […]