By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • A recent decision by the Human Rights Tribunal (HRTO) is notable for providing insight into assessing witness credibility, says Toronto employment lawyer Ellen Low. The ruling in the case of a woman who alleged her employer discriminated against her based on her age and sex and created a poisoned […]
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The intricacies of the education sector can present an added layer of challenges to workplace investigations, says lawyer and workplace investigator Lydia Bay. “The work we do in these investigations is not dissimilar to what occurs in a non-unionized environment because, ultimately, we are searching for answers. However, there
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By LegalMatters Staff • When faced with the decision to hire a family lawyer, you may have many questions. One of the first to consider is whether you even need an attorney. For the most part, the answer is “yes.” While it is possible to represent yourself in court, the law, especially family law, can
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • In trying economic times, people may be more inclined to ignore mental health issues and continue to work for fear of losing their jobs. However, that can be short-sighted and counterproductive, says Ontario disability insurance lawyer Courtney Mulqueen. With stock markets tumbling amid a global trade war ignited by
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Torpedo bats are a hit in the baseball world, but attempts to register the name as a trademark are likely to strike out, says Toronto intellectual property lawyer John Simpson. The New York Yankees opened the Major League Baseball season on a torrid home run pace using the bats,
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By LegalMatters Staff • Parental alienation can tear relationships apart and do long-lasting or even permanent damage to a family. The issue may seem simple enough to understand. Parental alienation “occurs when a child refuses to have a relationship with a parent due to manipulation,” according to Psychology Today. However, the existence of parental alienation
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By LegalMatters Staff • The way society looks at families has changed, and the once “nuclear” family of children with two biological parents is no longer the tradition as dynamics and relationships evolve. We now have single-parent families, adoptive/foster families, same-sex parent families and couples with children who cohabitate but never marry. There are cross-generational
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • A recent court judgment offers “some real practical advice” on the principles of mitigation, says Toronto employment lawyer Ellen Low. In Byrd v Welcome Home Children’s Residence Inc., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Small Claims Court, offered “a fully reasoned, well thought out” analysis on how the mitigation
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By LegalMatters Staff • Global Affairs Canada reports that an estimated 400,000 people cross the Canada-U.S. border over more than 100 land crossings each day. More than 20 million Canadian tourists travel to the United States each year, spending about $19 billion in tourism dollars, according to Statistics Canada. That includes the estimated one million snowbirds
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Precise credibility assessments are essential to ensuring fairness in a thorough and balanced workplace investigation, says lawyer and workplace investigator Harshi Mann. “Often the investigations we do are extremely serious. Certainly, they can impact a person’s career trajectory, their social and work reputation, as well as their livelihood,” says
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