Contract to a Fixed End
Home › Contracts ›Contract to a Fixed Future Event Contract to a Fixed Future Event Occasionally the temporal period of the contract may be determined by the happening of a…
Contract for Life
Home › Contracts ›Employment Contract for Life Employment Contract for Life The Ontario Court of Appeal considered this issue in Foreman v 818329 Ontario Limited, a decision made in September…
Specific Language to Create Fixed Term
Home › Contracts ›Specific Language to Create Fixed Term Specific Language to Create Fixed Term “Unequivocal and explicit language” Diana Ceccol was employed as the Administrative Director of the Federation…
Fixed Term Contract
Home › Contracts ›Fixed Term Contract Fixed Term Contract The intuitive view is that there is no obligation to give notice of termination, given a fixed term contract. This is…
Demotion
Home › Contracts ›Demotion & The Substratum Demotion & The Substratum Downward Change Goes Down Rasanen v Lisle-Metrix considered the peculiar argument that the substratum had disappeared when the plaintiff…
Other Contract Terms
Home › Contracts ›Are All Contract Terms Gone? Are All Contract Terms Gone? What of Other Terms The decided line of cases inevitably has originated from the push and pull…
How Much of a Change is Required ?
Home › Contracts ›Fundamental Change is Needed Fundamental Change is Needed The test required is to show a fundamental or substantive change. In this respect, it is similar, if not…
The Change was Contemplated
Home › Contracts ›Defence: Change was Agreed Defence: Change was Agreed The foundation of a substratum argument is the change in the terms of the employment relationship was unexpected. The…
Substratum
Home › Contracts ›Unforeseen Change in Responsibilities - The Substratum Unforeseen Change in Responsibilities - The Substratum The essential theory of this argument is that the existing employment agreement, and…
Consideration – is it Fiction ?
Home › Contracts › Post Title Is the Need for Consideration a Legal Make Believe ? The dissent of Slatter J.A. in the 2011 decision of the Alberta Court of…