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| March 6, 2017
The Carrigan family’s tour of the courts took them to 2 trials, to the Court of Appeal, to Divisional Court, and to the Supreme Court of Canada, where leave to... Continue Reading...
| December 2, 2016
In Grenon v. Canada [2014] T.C.J. No. 227, the payer of child support appealed a notice of reassessment denying a tax deduction for the legal fees he paid resulting from... Continue Reading...
| February 6, 2018
The case of Valettas v. Chrissanthakopoulos [2014] O.J. No. 4835 is a reminder of the clients we serve and how anger, hurt and distrust can cause irreparable damage to everyone... Continue Reading...
| January 9, 2018
Once upon a time, photographs, video and audio recordings were introduced as evidence to impeach a witness or prove a point. Lawyers would order surveillance to support their client’s theory... Continue Reading...
| December 5, 2017
Judges are appointed based on intelligence, ethics, integrity, experience and education, including past case experience. It is these very same qualities that sometimes pose barriers to persuading a judge of... Continue Reading...
| November 7, 2017
For those that question the likelihood that child support will really be collected should read Ontario (Director, Family Responsibility Office) v. Westerop [2014] O.J. No. 4583. Justice Platana released a... Continue Reading...
| October 3, 2017
That is the question that Justice Brown had to answer in Vaseloff v. Leo [2014] O.J. No. 4836. In this case, Vaseloff and Leo began a romantic relationship in 2002... Continue Reading...
| September 6, 2017
That is exactly what has triggered a maelstrom in the legal community with the decision of Justice Nordheimer in Jane Conte Professional Corp. v. Smith [2014] O.J. No. 5033. He... Continue Reading...
| August 2, 2017
We all know that the Child Support Guidelines provide for an annual calculation of child support so that the payor’s income determines the applicable Table sum for child support each... Continue Reading...
| June 6, 2017
As we continue to grapple with the lack of civility in the profession, I can’t help but think of how the titles we use to refer to one another influences... Continue Reading...