The thought of hiring someone for your business can be both exciting and stressful at the same time.  Exciting in terms of seeing your business grow and employees grow with it, and stressful in terms of having to ensure you have your ducks in a row for hiring new employees. The first step is of

Do you have a family cottage – maybe one that’s been in the family for many years? Did you know that your cottage is not safe from capital gains? Yes, there really aren’t many assets left that we own that don’t attract some form of tax. Capital gains in this type of situation are straightforward.

Before the 2017 amendments to the Construction Lien Act, now known as the Construction Act (the “Act”), the expressly prohibited certain types of actions from being joined with a Construction Lien action. Subsection 50(2) of the old legislation expressly provided that “A trust claim shall not be joined with a lien claim but may be brought in any

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic of conversation lately. AI has rapidly infiltrated many industries, and as an aspiring lawyer, I have been thinking about the implications of AI in the legal field. While AI undeniably has many benefits, such as efficiency and accuracy, it also raises several ethical concerns. AI has the

In Ontario, a proceeding shall not be commenced in respect of a claim after the second anniversary of the day on which the claim was discovered is the basic limitation period in Ontario and most jurisdictions. Recently, a client was sued and the claim was issued one day before the second anniversary of the day

For years the standard advice of many business lawyers to clients about to incorporate has been to ensure they don’t own real property in their names.  For many, this has meant transferring their interest in the home to their spouse. Recently, an alarm has gone off as the Ontario Courts have permitted an argument to