Introduction Since harassment is the biggest trending topic related to the workplace, it seems opportune to highlight the harassment provisions in the new Alberta occupational health and safety ("OHS") legislation, which is known as Bill 30: An Act To Protect The Health And Well-Being Of Working … [Read more...]
About Thomas D. Brierton
Stinchcombe and Crown Disclosure of Criminal Evidence
The Crown has a legal duty to disclose all relevant information to the defence. The fruits of the investigation which are in its possession are not the property of the Crown for use in securing a conviction but the property of the public to be used to ensure that justice is done. R. v. Stinchcombe … [Read more...]
Restrictive Covenants in Employment
“The public have an interest in every person’s carrying on his trade freely: so has the individual. All interference with individual liberty of action in trading, and all restraints of trade of themselves, if there is nothing more, are contrary to public policy, and therefore void. That is the … [Read more...]
