Our Take On Things

Many business owners reading the entertainment news this week, and possibly following @CharlieSheen on twitter (not that anyone in our firm would do that) may be asking themselves “what would I do if I had an employee who was behaving in a similar fashion?” The law in...

It's almost February 28, have you prepared all of the T4s for your employees? Leave aside the obligations under the Income Tax Act, employees who are expecting a refund will appreciate getting T4s sooner than later. As a Business Law Firm, reminding clients of "small...

My wife is a psychologist. A clinical psychologist. A clinical psychologist who is a tenured professor at York University. She is smarter than me. She has a lot of degrees. She likes to send me psychology articles that are related to the law. Some I can digest, others...

It's starting to be the "most wonderful time of the year" if you're an accountant, which we are not. However, accountant or not, we all start to turn our minds to taxes as April looms closer & closer. In August 2010, the Federal Government released details of its new...

This is a piece of legislation that receives little attention, although for people in the repair and storage business, it is a powerful weapon. The Act applies to anyone who repairs or makes improvements to other people’s stuff (except land or buildings – that is the...

The paint is almost dry on the walls, the tiles just need some grout and God willing, Bell will figure out where they installed our T1 line so that we can have phone service ... ready or not .... here we come ! Our new home, effective tomorrow is: 703 Evans Avenue,...

Well that was an interesting holiday period. Having Christmas & New Years on weekends certainly added mass confusion to the "business week" in the legal industry. To my surprise, many firms simply shut their doors between Christmas & New Years. I cannot imagine...

Given the many issues that influence corporate practice, it is impossible for me to summarize all of the relevant developments in corporate law in the space I have here.  That said, there have been a few newsworthy items that were important enough to cover again.  For...

2010 was a year of change in the way trial lawyers were able to conduct law suits in Ontario.    The two areas of most significant change were matters that are $ 25 001 - $ 100 000 and those under $ 25 000.00.  A.      Changes to the Simplified Procedure($ 25 001.00 -...

Ontario’s new Not For Profit Corporations Act received Royal Assent this past October and the changes to the legislation are significant for many of the estimated 8 million Ontarians who work with, volunteer for, or represent incorporated volunteer associations. There...

Transparency is a topic that has been in the news this week. Regardless of political stripes, everyone must have chuckled when the CBC took out an ad to proclaim their commitment to transparency, while refusing to disclose very basic information on the same day. What...

Many of our clients know that we treat the Holiday Office Party a bit differently than the norm.  We volunteer our time during the morning & celebrate the season with a lunch in the afternoon. This year we  have planned our tenth annual attendance to the CP24 CHUM...

Today we pause at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to remember all of those who have served in the military, including those who have given their lives. Thank-you is such a small thing to say and means so much in this context. If the Canadians had not...

On Monday, October 25, 2010 all Ontarians who are 18 and older have the right to vote in Municipal Elections. Our blogs generally touch on business law issues as that is the nature of the firm, but every now and then there are issues we feel strongly about that go...

This week we held our firm’s annual Fun Day.  Each year we pick something interesting to do that can be worked into a competition and everyone tries hard to make sure Paul Voorn’s name does not end up on the victory plaque again . This year we chose target shooting. ...