Matrimonial Affairs

Is it appropriate for counsel to review a draft expert's report, and hold communications with the expert? Does this inherently conflict with the expert's duty to be independent?

As lawyers, we frequently become entrenched in our own thought process and limit ourselves to legal solutions. There are times that we need to look beyond legal solutions and proceed to other models, including therapeutic solutions that can be incorporated into Court Orders. If we remain open to these alternative approaches, we may be rewarded with unexpected solutions and resolutions.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has declared that charging a purchaser of legal services by the hour is "undesirable".

"Eddie Greenspan took on the hardest cases."

In the past year, a number of cases have been released involving the interpretation of the new pension provisions under the Family Law Act.

December can be the month with crazy deadlines, urgent access motions, anxiety over billings and collections and a frenetic pace to get "it" all done before the holidays.