Can a plaintiff bring a claim for wrongful dismissal against her former employer for breach of contract?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kaur v. Karim, 2008 BCSC 186 (CanLII):
In Pearman v. Crest Realty Ltd., supra, McLachlin J. (now C.J.C.) wrote this at ¶7: The plaintiff's claim for wrongful dismissal can be sustained only if it is established that she was a servant of the defendant at the time of her termination or that some other incident of her relationship with the defendant required that she be given reasonable notice of the termination of her employment.
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