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When parties consent

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...

Law Students, please stop complaining

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....

Capping the Automobile Leasing Company's Liability

Our firm handles a lot of Vehicle Leasing litigation and documentation. Working in this area of law, we've seen a lot of changes over the years, particularly to the liability of leasing companies when one of their lessees is in an accident. In 2006 the Ontario law...

Mitigation in Wrongful Dismissal

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released a decision in the case of Arnone v. Best Theratronics Ltd., 2015 ONCA 63 (CanLII) which overturned the Motion Judge’s finding that the employee’s earnings during the notice period need not be deducted from the award of...

Wading into the TWU debate

If the title of this Blog means nothing to you, you are likely not a lawyer and this Blog probably has little meaning to you. I'm o.k. with that. I've thought about writing a Blog about the TWU debate for a long time and until now have opted not to, believing that...

Milton needs a new courthouse now

Our firm starts most of our litigation in Milton. We do this because it is an efficient jurisdiction to litigate, the Judges are excellent and the staff is friendly. However, the 1970s building is not big enough for the population it services. This means that when it...

The Cost of Enforcing a Judgment in Ontario

An interesting Ontario Court of Appeal decision was released on December 9, 2014 that impacts the costs of anyone trying to enforce a Judgment in the Province of Ontario by selling property owned by a debtor. If there is a mortgage on a property, before the Sheriff...

Get 2015 Off to the Right Start for your Business

A Business that comes and sees us to get organized properly spends far less in legal fees than the Business that comes to see us when they are sued or the Respondent to a Tribunal Complaint. In an effort to save your Business money, here are some issues to tackle now,...

Resolutions your Business must stick to in 2015

It's that time of year again: we're looking forward, not back. As a business owner in Ontario, your 2015 is about to start off with a bang.  Here are some of the highlights of the items you must comply with: 1.   January 1, 2015 all Ontario Businesses must have an...

The Twelve Days of Business Law

On the twelfth day of Christmas (or the Holiday Season if Christmas is not your thing, we’re not looking to offend here, just have a little fun) my Business Law Firm gave to me: Twelve monthly Minutes, Eleven Resolutions, Ten Trademark Applications, Nine...

Commercial Terrorism – The New Frontier?

The Interview movie will no longer open December 25, 2014.  In fact, it might not open at all.  Did the terrorists win? I hope not. As a Business Lawyer I see this through the eyes of Sony and all other businesses out there, large and small. I understand that Sony was...

Toronto: it’s Uber hard to do business here

As a business law firm, we have a good amount of experience in the various rules and regulations Ontario cities require that businesses comply with in order to carry on business in those cities. The worst city for red tape, delay and operating as if it is still in the...

Lawyers with their heads in the Cloud

This past week the President of the BC Law Society created a big stir when people reported comments she made to a Cloud Computing Seminar. Apparently she said that BC Lawyers could only use cloud computing if the cloud was located in BC. The President has since backed...

Honesty in Contracts: it's the Law in Canada now

Last week Thursday the Canadian Supreme Court released its decision on a case called Bhasin v. Hrynew.   This decision is an important decision in Canadian contract law: if your business uses contracts, this applies to you. The Court found that there is a new duty of...

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