LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 16, 2017.

Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

A Last Will must provide adequately for dependents who relied on the testator for financial support. Eligible dependents include a child, parent, spouse or domestic partner.

If such dependents aren't adequately provided for by a Will, they can ask a Court to order the Estate to pay support to them.

For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit our website at www.wiselaw.net.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily Law Fact from Wise Law for Friday June 17, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.

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An employee who has been temporarily “laid off” may be entitled to treat the layoff as a permanent termination and claim notice and severance payments and other compensation.

Temporary layoffs may not be permitted unless there is employment contract that specifically allows for such layoffs. Seek legal advice to determine your rights and entitlements if you have been “laid off.”

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday June 15, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

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In Ontario, you may complete a Power of Attorney for Personal Care to appoint one or more trusted persons to make medical decisions on your behalf in critical circumstances where you are unable to provide medical direction or informed consent on your own.

In your Power of Attorney for Personal Care, you may also indicate whether you wish extraordinary measures to be taken to resuscitate you or to extend your life in the event of a critical, terminally illness where there is no prospect of your recovery.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law

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In addition to the minimum notice and severance required by the Employment Standards Act, Ontario employees are entitled to reasonable notice of termination or pay in lieu of thereof upon termination of employment

Unless an employment contract limits an employee’s entitlements, reasonable notice will be based on duration of employment, type of position, age and many other factors. 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Business Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday May 31, 2016. Today we are talking about Business Law.

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By incorporating your company, you will reduce the possibility that the principals of your company can be held personally liable for debts of the company.

Even in an incorporated company, directors may still be personally liable for unpaid taxes and in some cases, unpaid wages.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Personal Injury

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday May 17, 2016. Today we are talking about Personal Injury.

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You may bring an action for damages against a municipality if you slip and fall on a city sidewalk, but only if the city is grossly negligent.

If you have been injurued on municipal property, you or your lawyer must provide written notice to the minicipality within ten (10) days to preserve your legal rights.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily Law Fact from Wise Law for Friday May 6, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law.

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A family law Separation Agreement is a binding legal agreement signed by both spouses to document the resolution of all or some of the legal issues arising from their separation.

Both parties must obtain independent legal advice regarding the Agreement. Separation Agreements may be entered into by married and common law spouses.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily Lawfact from Wise Law for Thursday May 5, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.

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In 2015, an Ontario Court awarded 27 months’ of pay in lieu of reasonable notice to a 65-year-old civil engineer who had been employed for 40.66 years.

In exceptional circumstances involving extraordinarily long-service employees, it is within the discretion of Ontario Courts to award more than 24 months’ damages.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday April 28, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.

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Do employees have different severance entitlements under the Employment Standards Act and in wrongful dismissal cases that are decided in Court?

Ontario’s Employment Standards Act provides only for employees’ minimum notice and severance entitlements.  Common law entitlements can be as much as one month for each year of service, or even more in exceptional circumstances. 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 26th, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

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If a deceased person owed support to a spouse or child under the Family Law Act, they may also be entitled to dependent's relief from the deceased's estate under the Succession Law Reform Act.

If the deceased's will doesn't provide for these obligations, the dependent can apply in court to receive the support they are owed.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Monday April 25, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law.

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The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (SSAG) assist Ontario Courts in determining the amount of spousal support payable by a spouse.  Unlike the child support guidelines, the SSAG’s are not binding upon the Courts.

Ontario’s Courts, however, are required to consider the SSAG’s and to provide reasons for any decision that does not follow them. 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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