In June 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada expressly overruled 20 years of jurisprudence that interpreted the freedom of association as excluding collective bargaining. This about-face by the Supreme Court was unexpected. What gave rise to this remarkable decision and what does it portend for the...

This article examines the legacy of the 1909 House of Lords decision in Addis in both Canada and the UK by closely analysing a key case from each jurisdiction: Wallace v United Grain Growers and Johnson v Unisys. It underlines the continuing strong tendency to treat wrongful dismissal solely as...