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John has been the editor of Blaneys Appeals since the inception of the blog in the Summer of 2014. He is a partner at the firm with over two decades of experience handling a wide variety of litigation matters. John assists clients with matters ranging from appeals, to injunctions, to corporate, partnership, breach of contract, construction, environmental contamination, product liability, debtor-creditor, insolvency and other business litigation. He also handles complex estates and matrimonial litigation involving disputes over property and businesses, as well as professional discipline and professional negligence matters for various types of professionals. In addition, John represents amateur sports organizations in contentious matters, and also advises them in matters of internal governance. John can be reached at 416-593-2953 or jpolyzogopoulos@blaney.com.

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BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JUNE 17 – 21, 2019)

By John Polyzogopoulos on June 21, 2019

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Good evening.

Following are the summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

First off, we would like to congratulate our firm’s very own, David Greenwood, for the excellent result obtained in Mikelsteins v. Morrison Hershfield Limited. The Court dealt with the question of whether an employee who had been terminated was entitled to an increase in the value of shares that he held in the corporation, along with a share bonus, through the reasonable period of notice. The Court held that the terms of the Shareholders’ Agreement alone govern the employee’s rights regarding his shares, not the common law principle of reasonable notice. The employee received what he was contractually entitled to receive under the Shareholders’ Agreement and the Employment Standards Act, 2000 had no application.Continue Reading BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JUNE 17 – 21, 2019)