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Extra Foods Lonsdale OCP Amendment

by Johannes Schenk / On September 11, 2008 / In Municipal Law

The City of North Vancouver Lonsdale Extra Foods OCP amendment application has now passed third reading. I haven't looked at the matter in any detail but there are several questions that immediately come to mind: 1. Is the amendment a…

Happiness is a Warm Gun in My Car in the Parking Lot at Work

by Johannes Schenk / On September 11, 2008 / In Employment Law, Human Rights Law

Check out this post about guns in the workplace (parking lot) and this post. Other than if you were a police person or some other law enforcement type, I can't possibly imagine what reason you could have for bringing a…

Injunction Against Communicating?

by Johannes Schenk / On September 10, 2008 / In Human Rights Law, Municipal Law

Injunctions are a very useful tool to put a stop to an illegal activity or contravention of a Court order. Generally the resulting order prohibits an individual from acting in a particular manner, attending at a geographical location, and so…

Municipal Legislative Facts

by Johannes Schenk / On September 10, 2008 / In Municipal Law

How do you prove what a municipal council had in mind when passing a bylaw? See Victoria (City) v. Adams, 2008 BCSC 1209, for a brief summary of law concerning the admissibility of various documents as legislative facts. In this…

Retirement Allowance

by Johannes Schenk / On September 8, 2008 / In Employment Law, Labour Law

Taxes are one of the matters that employers and employees often don't consider upon termination. There are some exceptions to the rule, but generally, Ottawa considers money paid to an employee upon dismissal to be a retirement allowance. Someone has…

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