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Compensation for Executors and Attorneys under Power of Attorney

Acting as an attorney under a Continuing Power of Attorney for Property (PoA) for an incapable person or as the Executor of an Estate, can involve con...
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The Latest Baby Boomer Dilemma: Spousal Support Obligation and Early Retirement

Family law lawyers are increasingly encountering issues arising on the breakdown of a marriage where the parties previously agreed that one spouse cou...
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When Revenge isn’t Sweet

As a result of what appeared to be a misguided attempt to “get even” with his (ex-)wife for calling the police following a domestic assaul...
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Title Insurance: Your Guardian Angel When Things Go Wrong

Your home is likely your biggest investment and it is important to protect it. Real estate lawyers often recommend that their clients purchase title i...
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A Corporate Law Makeover

Ontario’s Ministry of Government Services recently published a Report calling for the transformation of the province’s business legislatio...
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New In Electronic Commerce

The Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 has been in effect for over a decade. While this Act applies to most commercial transaction documents, sub-section 3...
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Not Every Gift is Free: the Impact of Gifting on Child Support

As many parents who pay child support already know, the determination of income is of critical importance. Until recently, gifts received by a payor p...
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A New Opportunity In Immigration

For foreign nationals, including international students and foreign workers, there are new provincial nominee programs, in addition to the federal imm...
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Increasing Protection For Condo Owners In Ontario

The Ontario Liberal Government recently introduced new legislation intended to overhaul the province’s outdated condominium laws.  With an ...
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Short Term Rentals: Zoning By-laws must be clear and non-discriminatory to be effective

In the recently decided case of Puslinch v. Monaghan, 2015 ONSC 2748 (the “Puslinch case”), the Ontario Superior Court has ...
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Municipal Bonusing Update: Supreme Court denies leave to appeal in Vincorp Financial Ltd. v. Oxford (County), 2014 ONCA 876 (CanLII)

The Supreme Court of Canada has denied leave to appeal in the case of Vincorp Financial Ltd. v. Oxford (County), 2014 ONCA 876 (CanLII) (“V...
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Protecting your digital information: An ounce of prevention is preferable to a pound of cure

The transmission and storage of messages, sensitive documents and data has become routine for many companies. Construction companies routinely send in...
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Liquidated Damages in Construction Contracts

Many property owners insist on a liquidated damages clause in their construction or renovation contracts as a motivator for project completion within ...
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MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS

The use of corporations by doctors and lawyers is a relatively recent regulatory concession. Historically, medicine and law were considered more vocat...
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Liquidated Damages: A Primer

Many property owners insist on a liquidated damages clause in their construction or renovation contracts as a motivator for project completion within ...
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Ontario to Permit Mid-Rise Wood Frame Buildings up to 6 Storeys as of January 1, 2015

Through amendments to the Building Code introduced by Ontario Regulation 191/14, Ontario will increase the permissible height of wood frame buildings ...
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Municipal Bonusing: “Obvious undue advantage” remains the threshold, but still little judicial guidance on how municipalities should draw the line

Section 106 of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001 is a much worried about “anti-bonusing” provision of broad application. It is wor...
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U.S. Estate Tax: Don’t Just Throw Your Vacation Home into a Trust

Too little attention is paid to cross-border tax traps. Even when advice is sought, the response is often incomplete or simply wrong because it is res...
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When is Replacement Cost Fire Insurance Not Really Replacement Cost Fire Insurance?

A recent case decided in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice interprets a section of a homeowner’s fire insurance policy that does not app...
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When Is a Cottage a Matrimonial Home?

In Egan v. Burton [2013] O.J. No. 2408, the parties had been married for twenty years with the husband having brought into the marriage a cottage whic...
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