The respondent, a tenured professor, entered into an agreement with the appellant University to resolve ongoing disputes.
The agreement stipulated that the respondent would be assigned academic duties for a year, after which his performance would be assessed by two deans.
If his work met the standard of a full professor, the University would waive a requirement for his early retirement.
The deans assessed his work as below standard, and the University notified him of his retirement.
The respondent sued for wrongful dismissal.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the University breached the agreement by failing to assign the respondent sufficient duties, particularly teaching duties, to allow for a proper assessment of his performance as a full professor.
The appeal was allowed in part, and the matter was remitted to the trial court for an assessment of damages.
