Monday, July 31, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 31, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario is lowering its markups on pot, as cannabis companies struggle to stay afloat #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://t.co/NmT8GlRT32
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of July 31, 2023

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Friday, July 28, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 28, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage relevant to classified documents probe #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://t.co/6tIfRTxPZS
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 15, 2010




This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 15, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Bill 168: Ontario Workplace Harassment and Violence Legislation In Force https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/06/bill-168-ontario-workplace-harassment.html
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Thursday, July 27, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 27, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Kevin Spacey acquitted of all 9 sex-offence charges #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://t.co/UeWFwjHnhb
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Is a Foreign Will valid in Ontario?


This can depend on the Will itself. Some factors to consider are:

  1. Does the Will intend to apply to property in Ontario?
  2. Can the words of the Will be interpreted conclusively?
  3. Does the Will deal with the property in a way that is legal in Ontario?

If the Court is satisfied with the answers to all of these questions, and an executor has already been appointed outside Ontario, it may grant that executor the right to administer the deceased’s property in Ontario, too.

- Paul Adam, Toronto
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 26, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: B.C. woman waits for court to decide 'the truth' after losing breast to mistaken cancer diagnosis #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/bdxx2jm7
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is Probate?


When you name a person in your last will to be the Executor of your Estate, that person sometimes needs to also apply to the Court to be appointed formally as the legal representative of your Estate in order to deal with certain property that you own, potentially like a house or a bank account that solely in your name. 

The process of applying to Court to be appointed as the representative of your Estate is what we call Probate.

- Paul Adam, Toronto
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Monday, July 24, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 24, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: More careless driving charges dropped in Ontario as courts grapple with pandemic backlogs #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/u9vt64zp
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Friday, July 21, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 21, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Nebraska Teen Who Used Pills to End Pregnancy Gets 90 Days in Jail #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/4a8kxast
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 22, 2015 via Wise Law Blog


This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 22, 2015 via Wise Law Blog: Should the Public Continue to Fund Courts to Resolve Personal, Civil Disputes? http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2015/01/should-public-continue-to-fund-courts.html
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 20, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Correctional Service to release results of review into Paul Bernardo's transfer #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/49jps466
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Investments


Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: If a family member has put money into an investment in your name and you have co-signed on changes to the investment, does the investment belong to you?


- Paul Adam, Toronto
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 19, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Manitoba judge acquits 2 Indigenous men convicted of 1973 Winnipeg murder #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/54szs8zj

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Providing for Guardianship of your Children in your Last Will


You can definitely name somebody in your last will to have custody and guardianship of your minor children in the event both of the parents pass away.

Now, the appointment you make in you last will is temporary. That person will eventually need to apply to the court to be appointed as a permanent guardian. But, when they make that application, the court will look very closely on who you named in your last will, and factor that in the decision about who should be the permanent guardian of your children.


- Paul Adam, Toronto
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 18, 2023

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Trump Says He’s a Target in Special Counsel’s Investigation Into Jan. 6 #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/mrwah742

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Monday, July 17, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 17, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘The gloves are off’: Baby powder maker J&J sues doctors who linked talc products to cancer #law #legal #lawtwitter via @ABAJournal https://tinyurl.com/ycxwvdk5
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of July 17, 2023

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Friday, July 14, 2023

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 20, 2012


This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 20, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Solutions? Bigger Anti-Smoking Warnings https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/06/solutions-bigger-anti-smoking-warnings.html
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Legal Tweet of the Day: July 13, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Jury decides document found in Aretha Franklin's couch is a valid will #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/2s3cf74a
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What are the legal rights of adopted children when a parent - biological or adoptive - passes away? If the Will makes a gift to "my children", does that include adopted children?


Under Ontario law, legally adopted children are generally presumed to have the same rights as biological children for estate purposes. 

A testator still has the freedom to make gifts and leave inheritances and specify that they are only for certain, specified children, if she chooses, so the question may depend on interpreting what the deceased intended and the wording of the Will. 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 12, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Chow to officially become Toronto mayor, vows to bring change #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/yc8f6ew6
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is an Executor?


What is an Executor? 

An Executor is the person who’s the legal representative of your Estate. 

After you die, your Executor is responsible for taking all of the assets and properties that you own and distributing it to your heirs. 

If you’re thinking about who should be your Executor, you want to name a person who is responsible, organized, a good communicator, and who keeps their head in a difficult emotional situation, and if you can pick somebody who lives in Ontario.

- Paul Adam, Toronto
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Legal Tweet of the Day: July 11, 2023


#LegalTweetoftheDay: Canada's backlogged civil and family courts in 'crisis,' according to lawyers group #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/4ep4vewc
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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