Robert Lewis v. Lehigh Northwest Cement Limited [2008] BCSC 01255
We represented Mr. Lewis, a 59 year old manager, who had worked for his employer for 26 years and who was fired without cause as he came off a long term disability leave. The Court awarded Mr. Lewis 22 months of severance.Download Case PDF
Jordon v. Pacific Sign Group Inc. (d.b.a. Knight Signs) ER#143-091
After a three day hearing, the Director of Employment Standards ordered the Pacific Sign Group to pay our client, Mr. Jordon, $93,447.86 in unpaid wages, unpaid vacation pay and interest. The employer was also fined $1,000 for contravening two sections of the Employment Standards Act..Download Case PDF
Pardham v. Caledonia Enterprises Ltd. [2007] BCPC 0289
We represented an employer who was being sued by an ex-employee for wrongful dismissal. The employer had paid the employee eight weeks of severance but the employee sued for 15 additional weeks. The Court awarded the employee only two additional weeks of severance. Download Case PDFSimon Kent
Senior Partner
A lawyer since 1997, Simon started what is now Kent Employment Law in 2001. His legal experience includes work in the BC Provincial Court, BC Supreme Court, the BC Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada (leave application).
Simon provides advice to both employees and employers on employment law issues. In addition, Simon also works on employment-related cases such as shareholder disputes. These cases include partnership disputes as well as oppression actions brought by dismissed employees who are also shareholders of the employer.
Simon is the Past President of the Employment Law subsection of the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch) and continues to sit on the executive of that subsection as the Case Law Reviewer
Simon was a presenter at the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Continuing Legal Education Employment Law Conference held in Vancouver. The articles he presented there can be found elsewhere on this website. Simon co-authored the paper entitled The Common Employer and can be found here.
Simon is involved with the Western Canada Society to Access Justice, which provides free legal clinics to help those people who could not otherwise access legal advice. Simon also sits as a member of the BC Cancer Agency Research Ethics Board.
On a personal note, Simon is married and is the father to three daughters and his extracurricular activities include skiing, hiking, and squash.
