Does intention matter when it comes to workplace sexual harassment? The short answer is no. Sexual harassment is conduct of a sexual nature that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome. This means…
ON LEGAL WRITING None of this is original. Are lawyers bad writers? Well – yes and no. Sometimes we can get lost. I personally attribute it to post traumatic stress disorder from reading constitutional law cases in…
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal today struck down a decision of a Nova Scotia Human Rights Board of Inquiry that required benefit plans to provide medical marijuana coverage when that coverage was not provided for in…
April 5, 2018 Gail L. Gatchalian, a partner in the Halifax Pink Larkin office, is one of fourteen of Nova Scotia’s top lawyers being awarded the prestigious Queen’s Counsel (Q.C.) designation. Pink Larkin Managing Partner, Ron Pink,…
On October 19, 2017, in the wake of #MeToo and the allegations of sexualized violence against Harvey Weinstein, I spoke to CBC Radio’s Information Morning Halifax about workplace sexual harassment. The interview, which you can listen to…
