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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...

Contacting legal counsel for advice can be intimidating. The process, fees, and procedural steps may not be clear to you. You might not know what you need to know before the meeting, and want to learn more about what information...

Inlet Law recognizes that these are unprecedented, rapidly developing circumstances. Extra precautions must be taken to accommodate and protect our clients while complying with government and health authority restrictions and advice.  That is why we have implemented a new COVID-19...

So you’ve been terminated. Perhaps you saw it coming, and the termination occurred after many months of shifting duties, or an outright demotion, or a pay cut. Maybe you were blindsided, and what you thought was a stable, long-term position...

These are especially uncertain times if you are looking to re-enter or find stability in the workforce. Many people, like you, are navigating today’s novel employment issues alone, without a full understanding of what their rights are under law.  Clients...

Today we received news that we had won an employment standards claim. Our client received wages, annual vacation pay, compensation for length of service and accrued interest. We are pleased with the result!

Martin Sheard co-presented to the Canadian Bar Association today regarding legal considerations to do with returning to work subsequent to the COVID-19 shutdown. Martin's co-presenter was Valerie Dixon, senior legal counsel to the City of Vancouver. The presentation was well...

Martin Sheard successfully advocated for nine months' pay, a wrongfully withheld bonus and court costs for our client in a case released in May 2020.

For many years employment law has wrestled with the interplay between injuries which are compensable under workers' compensation legislation and punitive damages. The question has been whether an individual can ask the court to punish the perpetrator of harm, or...

I cannot keep up with the inquiries stemming from COVID-19 and its impact on workplaces. This article is intended to lay out some of my general thoughts, in the hopes that clients and potential clients can first read it and...