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Good Faith in Contractual Performance: The Supreme Court’s Confusing Lesson in Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd
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In Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd. l the Supreme Court of Canada was asked to remedy the alleged bad faith by an employer, both for the fact of dismissing the plaintiffand for its manner ofeffecting thedismissal . This marks the first time that Canada's highest court has had to decide whether an indeterminate employment contract contains an implied term not to dismiss an employee, absent a good faith reason to do so, as well as whether a harsh manner ofdismissal falling short ofthe standard articulated in Vorvis v .Insurance Corp. ofBritish Colunzbia,2 can nonetheless found a cause of action in contract or in tort .
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- 1998
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- © 1998 Shannon O'Byrne. This version of this article is open access and can be downloaded and shared. The original author(s) and source must be cited.