Monday, October 28, 2019
The Joys of Being Grandfathered: Legal non-conforming rights, property owners and zoning Suppose you own a house and want to open a restaurant on the ground floor. The applicable zoning by-law happens to permit that use, so you pull a…
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Developers and municipalities: what should you know about Bill 108? Bill 108, the More Homes, More Choice Act, received Royal Assent on June 9. Through amendments to 13 different statutes, it implements significant changes to the rules and procedures for…
Friday, August 24, 2018
One of the most-publicized law changes in recent memory, on October 17, Parliament enacted Bill C-45, which decriminalized the smoking of marijuana and the ingestion of marijuana food products. To help clients get prepared, the Employment Law Group held a…
Monday, April 2, 2018
Accommodating employee scheduling conflicts is becoming an ever-increasing burden on employers and their HR staff. This trend is not likely to slow down and will likely only increase in the years ahead. Fewer and fewer employees now have stay-at-home spouses…
Thursday, March 1, 2018
This past February, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released an important and, to some employers, rather surprising decision, shedding new light on when employees are entitled to refuse offers of continued employment, following the sale of their employer’s business.…
Sunday, June 11, 2017
In my last entry, I wrote about a common question for a Wills lawyer: “Should I have a Will?” A frequent follow-up to that question is “Well, do I need a lawyer to prepare my Will?” My answer: “Technically, no. But you…
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
In previous articles, I’ve discussed the importance of having a Will, reviewing your Will regularly, and hiring a lawyer to assist you. A Will, however, is only one important piece of the estate planning puzzle. Another important piece of that…
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
After clients have finally come into the office and had a Will prepared, their next question is frequently “How often do I have to update the Will?” I’m happy to see clients as often as they want. But practically speaking,…
Monday, May 1, 2017
This is one of the most common question for a Wills lawyer. Generally speaking, people don’t like contemplating their deaths, nor do they like paying someone else to contemplate their deaths. So my typical answer – “Well, yeah, you probably…
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