Failure To Use Certified Translation May Not Be Fatal to Case
Under the Courts of Justice Act, any foreign language document that is admitted into evidence in a court proceeding must be accompanied...
Close-Knit Family Home Ownership - A Cautionary Tale
The current housing market of Canada's largest cities makes home ownership an unrealistic dream for many people. One of the ways of...
Can Your Employer Prohibit Wearing Shorts or Blue Jeans to Work?
Whether your employer can implement a dress code prohibiting wearing shorts or blue jeans to work is dependant on a number of factors...
Is A Terminally Ill Employee's Estate Entitled to Severance After His/Her Death?
If you guessed that the answer to the above question is "it depends" you are correct. As with many employment law and estate law issues,...
"Venting" On Facebook Costs Woman $65,000 For Defamation
Be careful where you vent your frustrations. A recent British Columbia Supreme Court case illustrates the high cost of spewing...
Will Executed While Testator Was "Drinking Heavily" Declared Invalid
The test for whether a person has the capacity to create a will is whether, at the time the will is executed, the person understands and...
Double Check The Provisions Before You Sign A Fixed-Term Employment Contract
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that a fixed-term employment contract that does not include a legally enforceable termination...
