Articles

A summary of December's Brown Bag lunch meeting of estates and trusts practitioners. Topics discussed included NoticeConnect’s Will registry and who can submit Wills to the registry, whether a drafting lawyer can still be sued in negligence if the impugned Will has been probated, probate for digital assets, and the fate of basket clauses.

A law practice is a business and needs to be treated like one. The great lawyers that are running them need to learn to be great business owners. Here are five steps to help you get your practice running like a well-oiled and profitable business.

This article provides an overview of Bill 171, An Act to enact the Building Transit Faster Act, 2020, which was introduced on February 18, 2020.

Construction contracts take many forms around the world. In this article, the author outlines the key elements that are common among many construction contracts, and surveys a number of international standard form contracts available to construction projects globally.

Can a corporation challenge a mandatory minimum fine on the basis that it infringes s. 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? This is the question the Supreme Court of Canada will address in Attorney General of Quebec, et al. v. 9147-0732 Québec Inc., which was argued before the Supreme Court in January 2020 and is currently under reserve.

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Litigators can use the Rules of Civil Procedure to better advantage; Kimberly Boara Alexander suggests how.

Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions. Ingarra v. 3010999 Ontario Limited (Previn Court Homes) is a reminder to residential real estate lawyers that their clients purchasing new homes have added rights under the Tarion legislation regarding extensions of the closing date. In Zhao v. Li, the Court of Appeal distinguished between singular and ongoing acts of oppression. Other topics included a large fraud against a foreign pension fund.