I tend in this blog to focus on recent case law, a
trend I do not intend to stop. However, from time to time, it is interesting to focus on the classics, the foundations of Canadian employment law.
One of the key cases in this area is Queen v. Cognos Inc., 1993 CanLII 146 (SCC), [1993] 1 SCR 87;
a case often thought of as establishing the test for the tort of negligent
misrepresentation. And, while it is true that Cognos is the leading case on that point, Cognos was also an employment case and the facts underlying it are
unfortunately more common than they should be.
