Can A Landlord Use Pictures Of Your Stuff When Marketing It's Property For Sale?
How far can a landlord go to market its property for sale. Specifically, can the landlord enter your apartment and take pictures of the...
Can You Successfully Sue An Employee For Losses Arising From Not Backing Up Data?
The short answer to whether you can successfully sue an employee or former employee for losses that arise from the employee's failure to...
This Estate Trustee Must Go?
I have written before questioning whether being named as estate trustee is a headache or an honour. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/honour...
Death and Loyalty Reward Programs - Do Your Points Die With You?
Many of us collect loyal reward points such as Air Miles, Aeroplan points or Shopper's Drug Optimum points. In many cases, the number of...
Defamation By Email For Directors (Or Anyone Who Uses Email)
The brief and cursory nature of many emails contains the inherent risk that statements can be taken out of context or open to multiple...
Purchase v Gift: Inter-generational Wealth Transfer Is Cautionary Tale For Lawyers
A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision provides a cautionary tale for lawyers who provide estate planning and tax restructuring advice...
Trustee Might Pay Personally For The Failure to Meet Estate Obligations
I have written before that being named an estate trustee might be more headache than honour. See: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/honour...
ill Ontario's New Privacy Tort Affect Your Business Or Organization?
An Ontario judge has created a new privacy tort; public disclosure of private facts, which could affect your business or organization. ...
What Exactly Is Probationary Employment?
Some legal terms, like "probationary employment" seem so basic that one presumes everyone knows what the term means. However, a recent...
Preserve Your Digital Assets When You Die
The question of who does or should get access to digital assets i.e. a deceased's email or social media accounts, cloud storage or...