Mirror, Mirror: Is This A Mirror Will or A Mutual Will?
Just as your mirror image is (almost*) identical to the person it reflects, a mutual will can seem almost identical to a mirror will. ...
How To Fire An Estate Trustee
What is a beneficiary to do if the trustee who is administering the estate is causing headaches or making decisions that the beneficiary...
Condo Corporation Not Restricted To Lien To Enforce Payment Of Arrears
In the normal course, if a condo owner fails to pay his or her condo fees, a lien is automatically created against the condo unit. The...
Long-Term And Senior Employees Likely Must Give More Than Two Weeks Notice
The question of how much notice a departing employee must give his or her employer comes up often. The prevailing belief is that, unless...
Who Should Pay - A Bully's Parents Or Their Insurer?
If a teenage bully causes physical or psychological injuries who should pay for those injuries? Should it be the bully's parents for...
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...