The decision by the nation’s highest court to uphold rape shield provisions that were ruled unconstitutional by two lower courts is disconcerting to many defence counsel as it limits our ability to defend clients. In June, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled that the accused in a sexual assault trial does not have the […]
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Settling family law disputes through negotiation rather than litigation saves money and leads to a quicker resolution. If your divorce is amicable, we can help you negotiate a settlement that will be approved by the courts. If that is not possible, the lawyers at Demas Schaefer know how to achieve the best results for clients
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • With 2022 drawing to a close, the Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) is offering two more noteworthy educational programs and looking ahead to see how to better serve members’ professional development needs in the coming year, says executive director/library director Joan Rataic-Lang. “We are trying to be really in tune with what our
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • Parents entangled in legal proceedings after a relationship breaks down quickly realize the benefit of working with a service that coordinates and oversees the visits of the child with the non-custodial parent, says Techenia Archer, service support coordinator with Renew Supervision Services. “We are a child-centred organization made up
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • People suing for damages after being injured in an accident may feel that someone is watching them. That suspicion could be justified, says Ontario personal injury lawyer Joshua Goldberg. “Since personal injury claims can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars or more, insurance companies have a real incentive
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You can be charged with fraud if police believe you committed an offence where a person or the public was defrauded of any property, money or valuable security or service. Statistics Canada reports there were nearly 40,000 incidents of cyber-related fraud across the nation in 2021. The StatsCan report adds that “while fraud is not
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Registering a catchy phrase or slogan as a trademark is not the simple matter it may seem and keeping it can be even more of a challenge, says Toronto intellectual property lawyer John Simpson. As the holiday shopping season approaches, Simpson, principal of IP boutique Shift Law Professional Corporation, pointed to a German
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Canadian criminal law stretches well beyond our borders, thanks to extradition agreements with other countries. But people may not know that the long arm of our law will soon extend all the way to the Moon. On June 23, MPs adopted legislation to implement a memorandum of understanding between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The class-actions and mass torts team at Gluckstein Lawyers is representing 12 female cervical cancer patients suing Juravinski Cancer Centre (JCC), Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) over an equipment error which resulted in erroneously targeted cervical cancer radiation treatment. “It is a sad case,” says senior counsel James Newland, who along with
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By Sean Schaefer and Mark Demas • Albertans in common-law relationships may believe they are not subject to the same property division rules as married couples. They are, thanks to the passage of the Family Property Act (FPA) in 2020 that significantly altered many of the laws governing common-law relationships, as two family lawyers in
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