Our Take On Things

Those of you who follow this Blog or our firm's twitter feed will know I'm no fan of the Games that are destroying my summer and business in the GTA. You can imagine how happy I am that Kanye et al have snuffed out the PanAm flame and I'm counting down the days until...

Those of you who are children of the 80s may recognize the Frankie Goes to Hollywood "reference" in the title of this Blog. Yes, I've stolen it from "War". But the "absolutely nothing say it again" answer given in the song is not the same answer to the title of this...

Business is global. Doing business globally means at times you're going to find yourself in a legal dispute with someone who is not in the same country as you. When that happens, where do you sue? The first step is to read the agreement, if there is one, that you have...

We're into the first full week of July and normally things slow down in the summer. That appears to not be the case this summer, which is a very good thing in light of the "Canada is in a Recession" talk that started to come out of the USA last week. So, what does...

Hold onto your hats, it's rant time on the Blog today. I recently read the traffic forecasts from "Officials" for the Pan Am games - I suppose I wouldn't want anyone to know my exact title if I was forecasting traffic this either. As a selfish, business lawyer, I of...

The Toronto Star has recently been running a series about "precarious employment". In the series is highlighting what they believe are failings in the Ontario Employment Standards Act. Some lawyers and politicians have picked up this mantle and are now calling for...

The hashtag included in the title of this Blog post is a term that keeps showing up more and more on the internet. Of course, some of the "relationship goals" seem a bit questionable, but to each their own. As a business lawyer who works with everyone from a sole...

It's interesting in the practice of Business Law how things go in waves. One week we have an influx of wrongful dismissal claims, like the week after the Ghomeshi allegations started, and another week, like one a few weeks back, clients are contracting with businesses...

Ah, nothing like a few pints (well, maybe more than few) and a Soccer Match to bring out the hooligan in some people: you all know what I'm writing about. I'm writing about the FHRITP comment (Google if you must, but beware it's NSFW - Google that before the first...

I recently read an article in the Globe & Mail that suggested cutting all men’s wages so they were equal with women’s wages. I won’t delve into the politics of equality in this Blog, but will tell you, as a woman, nothing gets me more annoyed than someone trying to...

Many people when they first meet me ask me "what are you?" This didn't happen where I grew up in BC, but in Toronto, it appears necessary to many people to put people in a box. I always answer Canadian as I am born here, however, I generally ultimately relent and say,...

A file I was working on just settled on the eve of trial.  As a trial lawyer, I enjoy arguing a case before a Judge.  I revel in the questions, the objections, the arguments based on law. I appreciate, however, clients do not enjoy trials.  Trials cost money, take...

Last week I attended Court on an unusual motion. In 2012, a defendant to a law suit settled an action with my client by agreeing to make payments over time. As is common in settlements of a long duration, one of the terms was that the defendant sign a Consent to...

Lately there have been a lot of articles written by Law Students. They're complaining about the debt they've incurred to get their degrees. They're complaining that there are not enough Articling positions and they may have to pay the LPP fee in order to be licensed....

On Thursday, March 12 the Halton County Law Association (HCLA) will be holding it's AGM. I am currently on the Board of Directors, having been acclaimed for my first term, last year. I will be seeking re-election this Thursday. I joined the Board as I wanted to help...