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There are several truisms that accompany the practice of law. One of these is the fact that your family and friends will invariably and periodically ask for your assistance in addressing legal issues. As a trusted companion with the benefit of a legal education, a lawyer may even find that they have been appointed as an estate trustee under the Will of a friend or family member, occasionally without prior consultation.

A case currently before the Ontario courts highlights the importance of fraud and cybercrime awareness for both seasoned solicitors and newly-called lawyers. In Dentons Canada LLP v Trisura Guarantee Insurance Company 2018 ONSC 7311, an associate from the applicant law firm attempted to transfer over $2.5 million to clear a mortgage on his client’s property. Instead, he was duped into transferring most of the funds to a fraudster.

Get to know the members of the Public Sector Lawyers executive team in this article series.

The OBA Citizenship and Immigration Section Executive's holiday initiative saw books donated to the Rexdale Immigration Detention Centre.

A brief overview of the history of the personal interview for economic applicants for permanent residence and its impact on decision making and procedural fairness.

Highlights from the January 15, 2019 Brown Bag Lunch, including a discussion on filing Estate Information Returns, taxation of estate trustee compensation and the proposed changes to the Ontario Pension Benefits Act.

Learn more about Sajjad’s practice, his experiences, and his motivations for serving on the OBA Citizenship and Immigration Law Section Executive.

Following are summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario this past week. The Court released a number of decisions this week, including an important pronouncement on Construction Act trusts, and the ability of the provincial legislature to establish trust certainties, in The Guarantee Company of Canada v Royal Bank of Canada, 2019 ONCA 9.

In Houle v St. Jude Medical Inc., the Ontario Divisional Court upheld a decision conditionally approving a litigation funding agreement in a products liability class action.