The increasing number of units being used as short-term rentals is causing headaches for condominium boards, says Toronto condominium lawyer Audrey Loeb . And she predicts ... Read more

A little bit of education can go a long way for procurement teams in the healthcare sector, Toronto health lawyer Michael Gleeson tells AdvocateDaily.com . Gleeson, a ... Read more

There’s much more to a commercial dispute than the legal issues, Toronto lawyer and mediator Eric Gossin tells AdvocateDaily.com . Gossin, managing partner with ... Read more

The state of employment for separating spouses can factor into how the court will determine support payments, Toronto family lawyer Rick Peticca tells AdvocateDaily.com . ... Read more

Voice verification, used in conjunction with GPS monitoring, is proving to be an effective way to monitor compliance of people with bail conditions prohibiting them from leaving ... Read more

Pending changes to the Divorce Act , including a move away from the use of such words as “custody” and “access” to more precise language such as ... Read more

Tech firms should review their business practices with a lawyer to ensure they're following Canadian laws after two companies were recently fined a total of $250,000 for the ... Read more

The transcript of a landmark trial centred around a 19 th -century treaty will soon be available publicly following a donation by Neesons Court Reporting to the Laurentian ... Read more

Every employer in Ontario has the legal obligation to probe all claims of workplace harassment, says Toronto employment lawyer Doug MacLeod . And it requires someone who is ... Read more

Proposed changes to Canada’s Divorce Act fall short by failing to make equal shared parenting (ESP) the starting position in custody disputes, Toronto family lawyer Brian ... Read more

Alberta Indigenous rights litigator Leighton Grey is spreading the word across Alberta about new residential school and “Indian Hospital” claims against the Canadian ... Read more

Toronto employment lawyer Natalie MacDonald is working on an update to her influential book, Extraordinary Damages in Canadian Employment Law . MacDonald, principal of ... Read more

The class-action settlement between a large fitness chain and a number of its employees shows the potential value of mediation for all parties involved in a dispute, Toronto ... Read more

By Marcus Sixta There is a lot of misinformation out there about spousal support , or alimony, as we have come to know it due to the influence of American TV. Spousal support is an amount of ... Read more

By Gene C. Colman In Part 1 , I applauded the positive measures in this new government initiative - Bill C-78. Unfortunately, there are a number of serious deficits in this proposed reform of ... Read more

By John McLeish Household fire products are used in homes and backyards across Ontario for cooking or and for lighting, both indoors and out. This summer, many Ontarians will gather around a ... Read more

By Marcel Strigberger The greatest job in the world is to be a police officer. Specifically, I am referring to the cops who serve at sporting events and enjoy the game while getting paid for this ... Read more

By Ryan Handlarski One of my favourite books of all time is the children’s book ‘ Oh the Places You’ll Go ’ by Dr. Seuss. I read this book to my son almost every week and ... Read more

By Nicole Simes At face value, anything under official letterhead seems legal and final. However, the conditions of your termination may well be negotiable. So, while being fired can be a ... Read more

By Lisa Gelman An Ontario court recently considered a case where the mother sought interim child support and spousal support from the father. In granting the mother’s motion, the ... Read more

By Kate Dewhirst Decision 69 of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario was recently released. A former hospital employee (registered health professional who was employed as a ... Read more

By Laura Williams As many employers are aware, the use of medical marijuana in the workplace must be treated as an accommodation issue in the same manner that employers treat the use of any ... Read more

By Stuart Rudner Previous court decisions have confirmed that an employee’s conduct outside of work may form the basis for the termination of their employment. However, not all ... Read more

By Andrew Feldstein In this case , the court was tasked with making an interim custody order and access arrangement for a six-year-old and four-year-old. This is a case where the maternal ... Read more

By John Fennel Anyone who knows anything about bail in Toronto knows that delays are the rule. Nevertheless, Mayor John Tory recently blamed fictional speedy releases on bail for some of the ... Read more

By Lisa Laredo Do you know what happens if you die without a will? Here’s the story of one family who learned the hard way. In this family, the grandmother (who had a will) died. While ... Read more