Pereira v. Dexterra Group Inc.

Legal Proceedings:

• Pereira initiated multiple legal actions against her former employer Dexterra, co-employees, and others based on incidents during her employment.
• Claims involved defamation, wrongful termination, and issues with union representation.
• She also sought judicial reviews from decisions involving the Labour Relations Board and WorkSafeBC.

Key Issues:

• In one appeal, the court dismissed Pereira’s claims asserting that prior judges were biased due to their involvement in her earlier appeals. This was rejected as Pereira could not substantiate bias or corruption??.
• In another appeal, the court dismissed her claims of vicarious liability for defamation by employees and a constitutional question regarding jurisdiction over claims connected to collective agreements. The court ruled these issues were already resolved (res judicata) or should have been raised in earlier proceedings??.

Court’s Decisions:

• Bias and Recusal: The court held that the mere participation of a judge in prior appeals does not justify recusal absent clear evidence of bias or corruption, which Pereira did not provide??.
• Res Judicata and Vicarious Liability: The court found Pereira’s claims were already determined or could have been brought up earlier, thus barring them under the principles of res judicata. The court also confirmed that employment-related claims were within the jurisdiction of collective agreements and not the court??.

Outcome:

• All appeals by Pereira were dismissed. The court emphasized the need for finality in litigation and that Pereira's repetitive and piecemeal litigation approach was an abuse of process??. Costs were not specified.