Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies Duty to Exercise Contractual Discretion in Good Faith | Littler
Callow, which expanded a contracting party’s duty of honesty, was released in December 2020; however, the SCC’s decision in Wastech, which clarifies the duty to exercise contractual discretion in good faith, was not released until early this month. Although Wastech involved a commercial contract, it has implications for all contracts in which a party has discretionary power, including any such contracts entered into by employers. Background In 1996, Wastech Services Inc., a waste transportation company, entered into a long-term contract for waste disposal with the Greater Vancouver Se...
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