Inlet Law’s founding lawyer, Martin Sheard, found himself on the winning side of a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision that was handed down this October. After a lengthy trial, our highest Court found in favour of the Plaintiff, and...
Martin Sheard on the Winning Side of a Recent Supreme Court of Canada Decision
Inlet Law Wins 12 Months’ Pay and Unpaid Commissions for Dependent Contractor
Maximum justice: Inlet Law successfully advocated for twelve months’ pay and three years of unpaid commissions for a worker (the “Worker”) in the recent case of S.C. v Breezemax Web (CA) Ltd., 2024 BCSC 808 released in May 2024. Background ...
Safety First: BC HRT Affirms Employers Right to Maintain a Safe Work Environment for all Employees
In the matter of Warren v. S.G.I., 2024 BCHRT 74, Inlet Law’s Navpreet Chhina succeeded in having BC’s Human Rights Tribunal dismiss a human rights complaint alleging discrimination in the workplace on the basis of a mental disability. The Complainant,...
A Slice of Justice, Hold the Discrimination
Following a two day hearing conducted by Inlet Law’s Nazanin Panah resulting in a $28,000 award, the BC Human Rights Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) has once again affirmed that disbelief is not a defence. Facts In the case of Singh v...
Bargaining Against Survivors
In Kafka’s “Before the Law”, the protagonist is faced with a door through which he seeks to obtain “the law”, yet, year after year, attempt after attempt, he is denied entry. He is told the door is made for him,...
Inlet Law Presents at BC’s Employment Law Conference
In early May of 2022, our associates Navpreet Chhina and Tanvir Sanghera co-presented at the 2022 Continuing Legal Education Society of BC Annual Employment Law Conference. Their corresponding paper titled "Behind Closed (Office) Doors: A Vicarious Liability Update" (co-written with our colleagues at...
Navpreet Chhina Achieves Successful Result at Worker’s Compensation Appeal Tribunal
Navpreet Chhina recently obtained a successful result at the Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal, following an oral appeal hearing. In this matter, the Tribunal confirmed that, pursuant to Workers Compensation Act paragraph 135(1)(c), a worker’s claim for compensation for a mental...
Affidavit of Records and Your Claim
At Inlet Law, we often receive questions regarding the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench document disclosure (or record disclosure) process. Clients worry about what needs to be disclosed, what happens to their confidential records, and how the documents and information...
Sexual Assault Claims: Privacy Concerns and Remedies
Six dollars can buy you a latte, an hour of parking on Burrard Street, or copies of someone’s social, medical, and financial records. Many people aren’t aware of court services online, and even fewer use it. But those who do,...
The Myth of the Accurate Online Severance Calculator
Most law firms try to stand out from the crowd. One strategy (which we suggest in this article is highly problematic) is implementing so-called “entitlement calculators.” We have no knowledge of the methodology any of these calculators use, but it...
Preventing the Transmission of Baseless Complaints: A Summary of Four Recent BC Human Rights Tribunal Pre-Hearing Decisions
British Columbia’s Human Rights Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) has experienced an influx of complaints related to the donning of masks on one’s face since such mask policies were enacted in November of 2020. The first decisions on these mask-related complaints have...
Martin Sheard assisted me, and his work was first-rate. He was knowledgeable, efficient, and made me absolutely confident that I had received exactly the legal services I needed.— Joe Broadhurst / Managing Partner, Broadhurst Kooy Family Law
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Martin Sheard has advocated at the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of financially marginalized Canadians. Only about once every two years does the Supreme Court of Canada hear an employment law case, so this was a special moment for Martin.