A mistrial has been declared in the retrial of Dennis Oland for the second-degree murder of his father, with the jury dismissed over police ``improprieties'' and the case to be ... Read more

Actuarial risk assessments are routinely misunderstood and misapplied by the justice system, leading to the over-incarceration of offenders, says Toronto criminal lawyer John ... Read more

There are limits to the risks sports administrators and volunteer coaches can be expected to anticipate, Toronto personal injury lawyer David Derfel tells AdvocateDaily.com . ... Read more

Creating a will can be overwhelming — hence why many people put it off — but Toronto trusts and estates lawyer Daniel Bernstein tells his clients not to think too ... Read more

A courtroom is in part a stage and lawyers must realize they are among the players, Toronto criminal lawyer Jill Presser tells AdvocateDaily.com . Presser, ... Read more

Although there are no specific regulations surrounding social media posting for companies launching an initial public offering (IPO), general rules on publicity and disclosure do ... Read more

Parents who advance money to a married adult child must treat it as a loan at the time of advancement if they expect to enforce repayment, Toronto family lawyer Christine ... Read more

When a beneficiary of an estate remains missing following reasonable searches, there are some approaches estate trustees can take to protect themselves, Toronto-area estates ... Read more

Toronto personal injury and disability lawyer Nainesh Kotak tells CHCH that he hosts the Kotak Law Military Appreciation Day each year as a way of giving back to the men and ... Read more

A judge’s decision to deny certification of a pharmaceutical class-action lawsuit demonstrates how important it is for plaintiffs to connect losses to alleged negligence, ... Read more

Surrogates who give families the gift of children should be paid for their work, not just reimbursed for expenses, Toronto fertility lawyer and mediator Kelly D. Jordan tells ... Read more

As the first few cases trickle out of the new Condominium Authority Tribunal (CAT), Toronto condominium lawyer John De Vellis says the decisions released so far largely follow ... Read more

In the first instalment of a two-part series, Toronto corporate lawyer Peter Murphy looks at the issues facing cannabis store retailers. Prospective cannabis retailers need ... Read more

By Laura Williams Recreational cannabis use is now legal across Canada. Many employers are concerned about the impact of legalization on the workplace and how they can navigate the new ... Read more

By Timothy N. Sullivan Canadians are in the fortunate position that there are no succession duties or death taxes. However, some institutions or agencies require authentication of the last will. ... Read more

By Patrick Brown and William Harding This case remains the leading authority on social host liability. In the decision, it was found that social hosts do not owe a duty of care to people ... Read more

By Suzana Popovic-Montag As estate litigators, we’ve seen a lot of bad estates and bad estate situations. The good news is because we know the bad, we can advise clients on how to avoid it and ... Read more

By Stuart Rudner and Anique Dublin On November 1, 2018, the process for conducting police record checks will change dramatically. On that date, the Police Record Checks Reform Act (the Act) ... Read more

By Inga Andriessen When I started practicing law over 26 years ago, I was a purely business law litigator. About three years into my career I became tired of litigating on poorly drafted ... Read more

By Marcel Strigberger What’s in a name? Or rather what’s in a title to a name? A 10-year-old boy in North Carolina recently got punished by his teacher for calling her ... Read more

By Ryan Handlarski To whoever said that “golf is a good walk spoiled” – I say amen brother! Before you read this post and think I am crazy, you have to understand that I am ... Read more

By Ian Hull Have you followed the wellness industry lately? The New York Times recently published a lengthy feature on Gwyneth Paltrow and her wellness company Goop. In it, the author ... Read more

By Avi Dahary for AdvocateDaily.com Personal and Estate Income Tax Part four of this series covered the executor’s duty to ascertain and discharge the debt obligations of the deceased. This ... Read more

By Usman Sadiq You’ve signed a separation agreement, but now you regret it. Is it too late? Can you challenge a separation agreement? It depends. In most cases, a separation agreement ... Read more

By Wendy Cole Consider for a moment the last time you had to review email messages for discovery or pay counsel to do so on your behalf. The endless toil of slogging through random ... Read more

By Lisa Laredo If you’ve written a will—congratulations—you are amongst the half of Canadian adults who say they’ve written a will . If you are amongst the other 50 ... Read more