By LegalMatters Staff • Offending others with crude hand gestures may not be polite but it does not rise to the level of criminal behaviour, a judge in Montreal recently ruled. The case involved neighbours who lived on a small street in Beaconsfield, Que. According to the judgment, police charged a 45-year-old with criminal harassment […]
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By LegalMatters Staff • Texting is one of our primary and preferred methods of communication but like everything else, there is a time and a place for it. While the speed and convenience of a text is one of its biggest advantages, it can also present problems if you send messages when you are angry
Think twice before sending your ex a text in a child custody case Read More »
A recent Superior Court of Justice decision serves as a reminder that termination clauses that are not consistent the Employment Standards Act 2000 (ESA) will be found to be unenforceable by the court. When that happens, the clause effectively disappears. An employer that terminates an employee’s employment without a clause must provide prior reasonable notice
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The importance of the proper use of personal pronouns in the workplace cannot be understated and employers who ignore workers’ human rights do so at their own peril, says Toronto employment lawyer Ellen Low. Gender identity and expression were added as grounds of discrimination under Ontario’s Human Rights Code (HRC) in 2012,
Failing to use preferred pronouns in the workplace is discriminatory Read More »
By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The Toronto Lawyers’ Association (TLA) is inviting members to have some fun this summer. “The TLA has three pillars, knowledge, advocacy and community,” says executive director/library director Joan Rataic-Lang. “After the reluctance to socialize due to the pandemic, I believe there is a need to enhance that feeling of community. We recently
The TLA offering members the chance to be more social Read More »
By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • There is a good reason why more than 90 per cent of personal injury lawsuits never make it to trial, says Ontario personal injury lawyer Joshua Goldberg. “I always advise my clients that receiving a settlement is better than gambling on a verdict,” says Goldberg, principal of Joshua Goldberg
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At Gluckstein Lawyers, we represent clients dealing with the physical and emotional fallout of their injuries whether they are victims of a motor vehicle accident, a sexual assault or a negligent medical procedure. In these cases, specially trained dogs can have a positive impact on people as they navigate through an extremely difficult time in their
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • A properly drafted and implemented employment contract can help avoid uncertainty but when an employer makes an unexpected change in the working relationship, the average worker may not understand their rights and obligations, says Toronto employment lawyer Jeffrey M. Andrew. Andrew, a partner with Cavalluzzo LLP, says the employer’s view of
Does your employer have the right to lay you off? It depends Read More »
By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Trauma-informed disability and insurance lawyer Leanne Goldstein says an insurance claim denial can be stressful. And your anxiety level is sure to rise even more if you have been accused of misrepresentation or fraud. However, she says an unfounded assertion of material misrepresentation is more common than many may believe – especially with mortgage disability
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By LegalMatters Staff • Alberta is getting more sheriffs to handle specific tasks that are mostly indirectly related to fighting crime. When the provincial budget was released in April, it set aside $2 million to create a Fugitive Apprehension Sheriffs Support Team (FASST) team. This group – consisting of 10 sheriffs based in Calgary and
There will be new sheriffs in town, but is that what Alberta needs? Read More »
