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| September 29, 2026
I am going to make an argument that will sound sarcastic. It is not. I mean every word of it. Parliament should amend the Divorce Act and the Children’s Law... Continue Reading...
| July 8, 2026
Last week, I had a Settlement Conference scheduled at the Milton courthouse on one of my ‘remaining’ litigation files. Why ‘remaining’? Because after watching the gross disappointment of clients for... Continue Reading...
| July 2, 2026
There was a time when legal disputes followed a predictable path: start a court case, exchange pleadings, conduct discoveries, argue motions, attend pretrials and, if by then the case did... Continue Reading...
| July 2, 2026
Med/Arb is one of the most powerful – yet most misunderstood – processes in legal dispute resolution. At its simplest, Med/Arb is a hybrid process. The neutral facilitates the parties’... Continue Reading...
| June 22, 2026
How on earth can a court system manage to become even less efficient after moving from paper filing to on-line? After 30 years of practising law in Ontario, I have sat in the front... Continue Reading...
| June 5, 2026
In one of the most closely watched family law decisions in recent Canadian legal history, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a fractured ruling in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, a case... Continue Reading...
| May 26, 2026
In the landmark SCC decision in Ahluwalia, 9 judges could not agree. While 5 formed the majority and 3 dissented, Justice Karakatsanis charts her own independent course – agreeing with... Continue Reading...
| May 7, 2026
I recently attended an event at the University of Toronto called “Midlife, Myth-Free: Empowering Truths about Menopause & Perimenopause” featuring Dr. Sheila Wijayasingha of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. She... Continue Reading...
| April 23, 2026
Whether selecting a lawyer, mediator or realtor, it never pays to be hasty. Let me begin with a confession. Last week, Samantha Graff Benmor and I went for our biannual... Continue Reading...
| April 20, 2026
From the vantage point of a Family Mediator/Arbitrator, one of the most overlooked drivers of mid-life divorce is perimenopause. It is rarely identified, rarely discussed, and often misunderstood by men,... Continue Reading...