Benoit Chambers

Assisting in a case where the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was seized to determine whether an employer who had a valid reason to dismiss an employee is different from an employer who could not, in good faith, take any other course of action than to dismiss the employee.

Assisting in a case where the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was seized to determine whether a dismissed employee entitled to a normal severance allowance, could cause execution to be levied against the assets of his employer, and attach sums accrued to his employer pending the court’s final determination of the quantum of severance allowance payable to him.

Assisting in a dispute determining whether the company as an employer, or the special administrator appointed to the company, is liable to pay a severance allowance in the event that the special administrator terminates a contract of employment unfairly.

Assisting in a dispute questioning whether an employer’s investigation to ascertain if an employee had committed an act of misconduct, was merely a sham to circumvent the statutory time frame to notify the employee of the charge of misconduct.

Assisting in a dispute to determine whether an employee who used his work email for personal matters during working hours was an act of misconduct, and whether sharing work related information with a third party qualified as a breach of confidentiality under his code of conduct.