Archive for March, 2009

Legal Aid Ontario Year End Celebration!

It’s a party you can’t miss if Legal Aid owes you money!

Public Inquiries

The Oliphant Commission of Inquiry concerning the business dealing of Schreiber and Mulroney is finally underway today. Today I’d like to talk about public inquiries.
The government may, from time to time, establish commissions to conduct inquiries to investigate matters of interest. This typically happens when public interests are involved, and that alternative actions, such as [...]

Website Facelift - What Works?

My friend Jack is considering revamping his website to drum up some business. Currently his website is skeletal with only 5 pages. We had a lengthy discussion on how a site should look like in web 2.0. I share the highlights of our discussion below:
Web 2.0 is dynamic.
Gone are the days of stagnant yellowpage-style sites [...]

Harmonized Tax Brings Little Harmony for Lawyers

The National Post reported this story today on the McGuinty government’s plan to introduce the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) to Ontario.
According to the story, this tax initiative is aimed to reduce the cost of doing business in Ontario.
At the present time, many retail businesses are required keep separate records on the Provincial Sales Tax (PST)and [...]

When the Family Responsibility Office (FRO) Seeks Jail Time

Yesterday I wrote about the authority of the Family Responsibility Office (the FRO) in enforcing family law support obligations. Today I’d like to talk about what happens when the FRO seeks jail time under the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act.*
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently ruled in Fischer v. Ontario (Family Responsibility Office)+ [...]

 

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