In Bottiglia v Ottawa Catholic School Board, 2017 ONSC 2517 (CanLII), Marcello Bottiglia was Superintendent of Schools at the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB). He had worked at the OCSB…
Global News 640 Toronto: Is it too soon for a Jian Ghomeshi comeback?
Associate Kathryn Marshall was on Global News 640 Toronto where she discussed the recent publicity surrounding former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi. Listen Here
Court of Appeal upholds $200,000 Assessment of Damages in Sexual Assault Case
In Zando v. Ali, 2018 ONCA 680 (CanLII) the Court of Appeal upheld a damage award of $200,000 (Generals $175,000 and punitive damages of $25,000). The Plaintiff was a colleague of the…
Kathryn Marshall interviewed on CBC Radio
Associate Kathryn Marshall was recently interviewed on CBC Radio regarding a recent court ruling that could mean getting extremely drunk can now be used as a defence in sexual assault cases….
National Post: Former ambassador to Israel sues Canadian government, arguing Liberals fired her in bad faith
On August 1st, Natalie MacDonald was quoted in a front-page story in the National Post regarding her representation of a former Ambassador in a lawsuit against the Federal Government. Read…
Benefits Canada: Court allows terminated employee to continue appeal for LTD benefits
Natalie is interviewed in a Benefits Canada article on an Ontario court case allowing a terminated employee to continue with an action for long-term disability benefits, despite signing a document…
Update to Extraordinary Damages in Canadian Employment Law
Natalie MacDonald is working on an update to her influential book, Extraordinary Damages in Canadian Employment Law. MacDonald completed the original in 2010 but tells AdvocateDaily.com that she hopes to have the revised version…
Google Ordered to Remove Offensive Search Results
Recently, I successfully secured an injunction against Google for the de-indexing of search results that came up when our client’s name was searched online. The problem, in particular, was that…
Domestic Abuse Impacts the Workplace Too
The #MeToo movement has put sexual harassment and violence in the workplace front and center. But what about violence that occurs in the personal lives of employees, such as domestic…
Privacy Commissioner: search engines have a duty to protect online reputations
In my practice, I’ve consulted with, and represented, individuals and corporations who have had inaccurate and, sometimes, hateful statements written about them online. In a recent case, those statements became…