Termination Provisions and the Perils of Imprecise Drafting: Key Lessons from De Castro v Arista Homes Limited
By EsqSocial Corporation 28/04/25
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision in De Castro v Arista Homes Limited, 2025 ONCA 260 (De Castro) provides Ontario employers with yet another reminder about the importance of clear and concise drafting in employment contracts (an exercise that has become much more convoluted than it should be), and the extent to which the Ontario courts will strictly scrutinize the interpretation of termination provisions in such contracts....
By: Bennett Jones LLP