What is the test for a claim of wrongful dismissal?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Boffo Family Holdings Ltd. v. Garden Construction Ltd., 2011 BCSC 1246 (CanLII):
In addition the complainant must also prove that failure to meet the reasonable expectation was a consequence of such wrongful conduct and that the conduct caused compensable injury: Stahlke v. Stanfield, 2010 BCSC 142, aff’d 2010 BCCA 603 at para. 19.
The distinction between conduct that is oppressive and that which gives rise to unfair prejudice was discussed in Urquhart v. Technovision Systems Inc., 2002 BCSC 172, aff’d 2003 BCCA 45 at paras. 35-37:
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