Nafisah Chowdhury

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Episode 1: Critical communications in workplace investigations

Listen in your browser or subscribe via your preferred podcast platform: Listen on Spotify | Listen on Apple Podcasts Transcript: Nafisah: Welcome to Morning Commute with Miller Thomson.  You’re listening to Episode 1. Welcome and thanks for joining this Labour...

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Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies Scope of ESA’s Sale of Business Provision in Context of Asset Sales

The Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Krishnamoorthy v. Olympus Canada Inc., released November 16, 2017, examines the issue of consideration for employment agreements in the context of asset sales. In particular, the case assesses the interplay between section 9...

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Court Denies Entitlement to Discretionary Bonus on Termination

With all of the recent attention surrounding Paquette v. TeraGo Networks Inc., Lin v. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and Styles v. Alberta Investment Management Corporation, it is clear that the issue of bonus entitlements on termination is a hot topic....

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Avoiding Bonus Payments to Terminated Employees Just Got Tougher

Labour Notes, LexisNexis, September 29, 2016

This article was originally published in the September 8, 2016 issue of our Labour & Employment Communiqué.

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Avoiding Bonus Payments to Terminated Employees Just Got Tougher

On August 9, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal released two decisions addressing employee entitlement to damages in lieu of a bonus on termination. Generally speaking, the Court confirmed the principle that if a bonus forms an integral part of...

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Canada: Termination of Employment

Xpert HR International Manual, 2015

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Nafisah Chowdhury comments on Ottawa attack

CTV News Network

Miller Thomson’s Nafisah Chowdhury, an Associate in the Toronto office of the firm’s Litigation Group, is interviewed by CTV News Network on the Ottawa attack last Wednesday that left one soldier dead. A Muslim-Canadian, Chowdhury comments on how the Muslim community is...

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Changes to Small Claims Court Rules and Procedures

You may not know that as of July 1, 2014, the Small Claims Court Rules were amended. Most notably, a defendant to a Small Claims Court action must now serve his or her own Defence (previously, the Small Claims Court...

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Asset Recovery: Canada

Getting the Deal Through - Asset Recovery in 18 Jurisdictions Worldwide

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To Litigate or Not to Litigate? Practical Pointers to Pursuing Litigation

It's Personal (Preserving Wealth for People and Private Companies), Thomson Reuters Carswell, Vol. 6, Iss. 2

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Is Sunlight Always the Best Disinfectant?

Its Personal (Preserving Wealth for People and Private Companies),(Volume 5, Issue 2), Thomson Reuters Carswell, May 2012, Volume 5, Issue 2

Practical challenges to the judicial interpretation of Canada’s ‘Access to Information’ laws.

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Norwich Orders: A Tool for Tracing and Protecting Assets When Having Fallen Victim to Fraud

Corporate Liability Journal, Vol. XVI, No. 1, pp. 953-955

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OEB Decision on Town of Essex and E.L.K. Energy Inc. on the Sale of Voting Shares will Have Implications for Local Distribution Companies

EDA The Distributor

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Ontario Energy Board Decision on Town of Essex and E.L.K. Energy Inc.

81 Admin L.R. (4th) 175

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