Does the Court have any authority to extend the reasonable notice period for assessment of damages?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hawkes v. Levelton Holdings Ltd., 2012 BCSC 1219 (CanLII):
The defendants submit that the “Wallace bump”, extending the reasonable notice period for assessment of damages in a case where the method of employment termination was in bad faith, was effectively overruled in Keays at paras. 57 and 59; see Beggs v. Westport, 2011 BCCA 76 at para. 50. I agree with the defendants that this authority provides that if the manner of dismissal gives rise to a damages claim due to unfair conduct or bad faith, this aspect of the damages claim is to be separately addressed and calculated and not dealt with by an arbitrary extension of the notice period.
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