Lewis v. Terrace Tourism Society. 2010 BCCA 346
A majority of the Court of Appeal agreed that our client had been wrongfully dismissed and that she did not repudiate her employment contract when she sued her employer for wrongful dismissal. The case was sent back to the Supreme Court for a calculation of damages.
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Ford v. Peak Products Manufacturing BCHRT 155
Human Rights Tribunal awards our client substantial damages and costs for being dismissed from her employment while disabled.
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Lewis v. Lehigh Northwest Cement Limited 2009 BCCA 424
Our client appealed certain aspects of a trial decision in which he was awarded 22 months of severance. We also successfully defended a cross-appeal by the employer where they argued that Mr. Lewis had failed to mitigate his damages.
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Louisa A.L. Morris
Associate
604-266-7006 ext:229
louisa@kentemploymentlaw.comLouisa Morris is an Associate and practices in the areas of both employment and family law. Her litigation experience includes appearances before the British Columbia Provincial and Supreme Courts, as well as at the British Columbia Court of Appeal.
Some examples of recent cases that Louisa has been involved in are:- Representing senior, long-term executives in negotiating severance packages
- Negotiating an out-of-court settlement in a wrongful dismissal action brought by a long-term employee
- Counsel on a highly-publicized Provincial Court trial on the issue of custody of child whose father was charged with the murder of the child’s mother
- Counsel at the BC Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in a case involving the issues of spousal support outside the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines and a global order for asset division
Louisa is a member of both the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch) and Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia. She volunteers her time providing pro bono legal services through the Western Canada Society to Access Justice for the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, and serving as a mentor to UBC law students. Louisa has also contributed to various legal publications as both author (“Female Musicians and Discrimination”; Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre Centrepiece, Vol.12, No.1, 2006) and editor (“Rights? Your Rights Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act”; Department of Justice Canada, 2006). She is also a former media spokesperson for the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Alberta.
Louisa has successfully run two marathons and has travelled extensively throughout different parts of the world. When she is not working, Louisa enjoys spending time with family and friends, walking her dog Winston, playing the violin, cooking, gardening and hiking.
