February 3, 2017 Pink Larkin is very pleased to announce that Jillian Houlihan, Nathan Sutherland and Brenda Comeau have been admitted to partnership with the firm. Jill and Nathan are based in our Halifax office, and…
By David Roberts This blog is about the Animal Protection Act, the law protecting animals from cruelty and neglect in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has just issued two decisions that clarify the protections…
By Gail L. Gatchalian As a result of an historic decision issued by the Supreme Court of Canada from the bench on Thursday, November 10, 2016, important language regarding teachers’ working conditions has now been restored to…
If you want to transform your organization’s culture to one that is healthy and respectful, you have to be proactive. You need to identify the things that the people in your organization value in their relationships with each…
Dispute resolution seems top of mind lately. Twice during the week of May 9, 2016, I participated in interviews on CBC Radio about how conflicts come to be and solutions for bring them to a successful end….
In a decision released on February 10, 2016, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal allowed the appeal of the International Association of Firefighters Local 268, represented by Gordon Forsyth, Q.C., from a decision of a Human Rights Board…
This Comment on mine workers’ safety appeared in the January 27, 2016 edition of allnovascotia.com in response to the article “Moral Mining,” written by Kevin Cox on January 21, 2016 regarding the development of a new underground coal…
On January 20, 2016, PL’s Gail Gatchalian facilitated the Human Resources Association of Nova Scotia’s half-day Workplace Investigations Seminar. The objectives of the seminar were to learn how to: conduct competent workplace investigations into allegations such as discrimination,…
The lawyers and staff of Pink Larkin are thrilled that we have been joined by George MacDonald as Counsel and Nathan Sutherland as a Senior Associate. George MacDonald is one of the top trial lawyers in Canada…
On November 27, 2015, Pink Larkin‘s Gail Gatchalian and Stewart McKelvey’s Rebecca Saturley co-moderated an engaging panel on restorative justice and transformative mediation at the 16th Annual Canadian Bar Association’s Administrative Law, Labour and Employment Law Conference in…
