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| 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 13, 2026
There is a particular kind of institutional embarrassment that arrives quietly, without fanfare, in the form of a provincial news release. On June 4, 2026, Newfoundland and Labrador announced that... Continue Reading...
| June 12, 2026
You’ve probably come across the “Law of the Instrument,” first coined by philosopher Abraham Kaplan, but more commonly attributed to psychologist Abraham Maslow: “If the only tool you have is... Continue Reading...
| June 9, 2026
Every month my new issue of Toronto Life lands in my mailbox. Some sections I read cover to cover. Others I skip entirely. But every once in a while, a... Continue Reading...
| January 9, 2026
This past week, I argued what can only be described as an ordinary parenting motion. The issue before the court was familiar to anyone who practices family law: two parents... Continue Reading...
| January 9, 2026
Given the backlogs in the court system and the growth of private dispute resolution in family law matters, more couples are retaining aMediator/Arbitrator to help them resolve their divorce. In Ontario,... Continue Reading...
| January 9, 2026
In the realm of divorce, one of the most sensitive aspects for high net worth clients is the requirement for full and frank financial disclosure. When it comes to divorce... Continue Reading...