Articles 2020

A review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the pending free trade agreement to replace NAFTA, from an immigration perspective.

How do you know if you are actually in need of a little SEO TLC? To understand whether you need to embark on an SEO strategy or whether there is something actually “wrong” with your online presence it is helpful to review some basic concepts.

This article explores the current state of workplace discrimination and harassment class actions, and offers key takeaways and advice for employers.

Practicing law is one thing. Managing your practice is another. Yet while these two components never stop moving in tandem, the biggest hurdle most small and solo practitioners face, especially at their inception, is also one of the most important considerations: where do I hang my shingle?

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In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal sheds light on the evidentiary requirements to make a claim of a prescriptive easement against an owner of a “Land Titles Conversion Qualified” property.

Given the recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Canada Without Poverty v AG Canada and subsequent draft legislative changes to the Income Tax Act, registered charities may soon be able to engage in public policy advocacy activities that are incidental to their charitable purposes.

Title insurance is a fairly standard aspect of real estate transactions, and particularly so for residential real estate transactions involving mortgages. The author set out to have the major title insurance companies answer some questions about their policies.

Within his first few months in office, Ontario’s new Premier, Doug Ford, has prompted a carefully worded but vehement defence of the rule of law in Tesla v Ontario (Ministry of Transportation), 2018 ONSC 5062. Justice Myers reviewed the discretionary exclusion of Tesla from the transitional program for car subsidies, determining it was unrelated to any statutory purpose and did not afford any procedural fairness. Justice Myers quashed the decision and remitted it back to the Minister.

Highlights from the October 16, 2018 Brown Bag Lunch including a discussion about the effect of the Re Milne decision for estate solicitors, the rule of convenience in Rivard v. Morris, conflict of laws surrounding marriage and wills, cross-border payments to beneficiaries and digital asset clauses in Wills.