“Her objective is to have there be changes in the legal industry and to expose law firms which are engaging in really bad conduct – and there are many,” says Kathryn Marshall, Purnell’s lawyer. “It’s sort of an open secret in law that law can be a very toxic work environment.”
"In this particular case, the important thing for me and Mr. Savage is holding the military to account and getting them to right a wrong," said Marshall
Marshall: "It was an implied term of Ms. Ras's employment as a councillor with the city that it would maintain a workplace free from harassment, provide a safe and healthy work environment, and conduct an unbiased, fulsome and transparent investigation into any complaints of harassment or bullying"
Marshall: "A complaint at the commission can not only result in payment of denied wages but also monetary damages for alleged discrimination. It can also force policy changes such as pay equity"
"In a nutshell, he was targeted by a number of individuals and groups who had their own agendas and motivations and scapegoated him for various reasons," said Kathryn Marshall"
Marshall: “They really wanted him to espouse a certain liberal worldview they thought he should be espousing as a member of the Black community”
Marshall: “I am taking the legal position – which is the correct position – that my client was owed every single employment protection that any other employee in this province has"
"I think a lot of whistleblower protections don't have any teeth. It's all good on paper, but in practice, it's not followed. And a lot of whistleblowers, because they're not properly protected, they end up being fired," said Kathryn Marshall, Hume's lawyer. "I think the medical sector is still pretty much stuck in 2007. I don't think #MeToo has hit it. I don't think whistleblower protections have been properly explored or enforced," said Marshall
We've seen a lot in the past two years, cases or media stories about misconduct in political offices and political staffers suffering and often having to suffer in silence. And this is a case that's just going to blow the lid off of that and show that everybody deserves a safe and healthy work environment," Kimmel's lawyer, Kathryn Marshall
Cherry Smiley is seeking a declaration that the Trudeau Foundation 'breached its contractual duty of good faith and honesty,' and breached her 'confidence'