As 2024 comes to a close, we’ve received numerous questions from family lawyers about completing their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours. Staying compliant with the Law Society of Ontario’s (LSO) CPD requirements is essential, but it can sometimes feel overwhelming with your busy practice schedule. That’s why we’re here to help! In this blog, we’ll […]
This week parties agreed on a timetable for the next steps in deciding the outcome of the proposed tobacco settlement. At the end of January, Justice Morawetz will hear arguments in favour or against the fairness and reasonableness of the settlement (the Sanction), the fees that will be paid to some lawyers, and other issues. […]
Creating and sharing content on a consistent basis on social media can be challenging. It may have become more so during the pandemic with other priorities taking over. One way to help keep your social media presence alive is to seize the holidays and other celebratory days. They occur each year on certain days, which […]
There’s an interesting new case from Ontario that I’d like to discuss today. Mrs. Mabel Johnson passed away at age 99. She left a will made in 2015 in which she left her estate to two of her three children. She left out her daughter, Nancy. In her previous will, made in 2007, she had […]
As discussed in previous blog posts in our farming series, the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) outlines farming exemptions, This allows certain employers flexibility under the ESA, particularly when it comes to hours of work, overtime, and rest periods. The crux is that not every worker at every farm automatically falls under the ESA’s exemptions – there are important scenarios […]
For the second time in recent weeks, the Globe Mail – supposedly Canada’s “newspaper of record” – has published highly misleading and embarrassingly over the top op eds from authors who really should know better, given their notable backgrounds. No doubt they mean well and aren’t beholden to Access Copyright – but their opinions are […]
A safe way to approach a real estate transaction is to assume that Harmonized Sales Tax (“HST”) applies to the transaction, unless there is a specific exemption available under the Excise Tax Act. A common exemption relied on in real estate transactions is the sale of a used “residential complex” by a person (as opposed […]
Over at his indispensable blog Public Law for Everyone, Mark Elliott writes about an online petition to the UK Parliament which calls for a new general election. The stated reason for this demand is that the petition’s signatories “believe that the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead […]
On November 15, 2024, approximately 50,000 Canada Post workers began a nationwide strike after more than a year of negotiating between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and their employer. This strike has halted most mail and parcel services nationwide, with exceptions for government benefit payments (including the Canada Pension Plan and Child Tax […]
Another common question for working/settling in Canada is the foreign credential recognition immigration: our clients often ask, “How do I get my foreign education credentials recognized?“ Unlock the insights you need to navigate the credential recognition process with confidence—read on to empower your next steps. The following steps are crucial for obtaining recognition of your […]