By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Uber’s proposal to tweak labour laws in order to give app-based gig workers benefits could be viewed as an attempt to distance the company from being defined as an employer, says Toronto employment lawyer Jeffrey M. Andrew. The plan has been criticized as a ploy to avoid treating the workers as traditional […]
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • As the extradition hearing against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou drags on, B.C. criminal lawyer Gary Botting knows all too well what she is facing. “The extradition process is a stacked deck. I’ve been saying that for more than three decades, but getting nowhere,” says Botting, principal of Gary N.A.
Extradition a ‘stacked deck’ resulting in anguish, even suicide Read More »
By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • An upcoming divisional court case could have a profound and lasting effect on personal injury cases and victims’ ability to access benefits, says Barrie-area litigator Steve Rastin. Rastin, senior counsel and lawyer at Rastin Gluckstein, is one of four lawyers representing the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA), which is intervening in the
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Crime involving guns is a serious offence in Canada. If you are accused by police of a firearms-related offence it might not be possible to get that charge dropped. However, there are ways to have the punishment reduced so you can avoid jail time and perhaps a criminal record. Everything depends on the circumstances and
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Visitors can enter Canada with firearms but they must abide by strict limitations. Some Americans don’t realize our country has much tougher gun laws when they cross the border. According to information from the Office of American Citizen Services, “an estimated 200 to 300 U.S. citizens each year … run into trouble for failing to
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There are some important milestones in life when it is imperative for a person to update their will. A later-in-life second marriage certainly is one of them. If your first marriage ended in divorce, the provisions in your will that refer to your spouse are automatically revoked, as provided by s. 17(2) of the Succession
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The economic fallout from the pandemic has left many uncertain about notice periods following terminations but two recent judgments provide some clarity, says Toronto-area employment lawyer Brittany Taylor. Taylor, a partner at Rudner Law, says the two decisions – Iriotakis v. Peninsula Employment Services Limited and Yee v Hudson’s
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Charles Gluckstein has always had a passion for technology and that passion has paid off with his firm being named as a finalist in the 2021 Canadian Law Awards. Now in its second year, the Canadian Law Awards recognizes Canada’s leading law firms, in-house legal teams, individuals, deals and cases. Submissions were received from firms and legal
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Reducing conflict in an acrimonious divorce requires more than simply changing legislative language, says Toronto family lawyer David Frenkel. Frenkel, founder of Frenkel and Tobin LLP, says while the revamped Divorce Act includes provisions that can help ease tensions during caustic proceedings the amendments are not necessarily a panacea. “There are clarifications within
Divorce Act needs more than new terminology to be effective Read More »
By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • Wills and estates lawyer Suzana Popovic-Montag says she was astounded to learn she is an Excellence Awardee in the Managing Partner of the Year category of the 2021 Canadian Law Awards. “This honour was so unexpected. I didn’t even know someone had nominated me,” she says. “To get this
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