Happy Easter 2010
Our office will be closed from Good Friday, April 2 to Easter Monday, April 5, 2010. Our office will reopen on Tuesday, April 6, 2010.

How much is the companionship of your loved ones worth? To many, it’s simply priceless.
Unfortunately, as little as monetary damages may compensate the aggrieved, a price tag must be affixed to each claim in a lawsuit.
In Canada compensatory damages for the loss of companionship are capped at a modest amount compared with damages awarded in [...]

Is there a way to commence a lawsuit without using your own legal name?
The short answer is that in Canada it’s possible but not plausible, particularly if there is no minor involved.
The Supreme Court of Canada* has rendered a series of decisions confirming that the openness of the court is a fundamental aspect of Canadian [...]

Since the instalment of the “no fault” divorce regime, divorce is available in Canada virtually on demand. However, it continues to be a judicial process, even when the parties are in agreement. (Certain civil law countries allow divorce to be granted administratively.)
The current Divorce Act* retains several bars to the granting of divorce, namely collusion, [...]

Questions about the constitutionality of the amended Highway Traffic Act* broke out last year when a judge of the Ontario Superior Court ruled the “stunt driving” provision unconstitutional. It appears that the legal controversy over this provision has finally been resolved: it’s constitutional, for now.
The provision under contest is reproduced below:
No person shall drive a [...]