140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 19, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 19, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Maryland and DC to file suit alleging Trump is violating the emoluments clause

• Preet Bharara opens up about his interactions with Trump

• COVFEFE Act Introduced to Make Social Media Posts Official Presidential Record

• Trump friend says President 'considering' firing Mueller

• Chief Justice of Canada to Retire December 15, 2017

• Montana's Gianforte avoids jail time for reporter assault

• Judge orders lawyer to personally pay $100,000

• US Supreme Court Bars Favoring Mothers Over Fathers in Citizenship Case

• Trump’s travel ban loses again in U.S. appeals court, will stay blocked

• Jurors deliberate 2nd day in Cosby trial 

• Rolling Stone to Pay $1.65 Million to Fraternity Over Discredited Rape Story

• Toronto hookah ban upheld by appeal court | Toronto Star

• Women-only spa stirs controversy after transgender woman turned away

• Nearly 200 Democrats in Congress plan to sue Trump over conflicts, claim standing under Constitution

• Expats fret bill allowing them to vote is dying, despite Liberal promises

• Courts can award damages for mental injury without psychiatric diagnosis: Supreme Court of Canada

• Next Supreme Court pick should come from Western Canada, committee urges

• Ontario dusts off the escheats rulebook – time to dust off your advice?

• Analysis: Judges keep a very close eye on Trump

• Can you video record a deposition using your iPhone or iPad?

• White House says Trump has 'no intention' of firing special counsel Mueller

• Annnnd… The Canadian Labour Law Pendulum Swings Back Again 

• Spurned Hamilton PC candidate taking party to court

• CNN files lawsuit seeking Comey's Trump memos

• Focus: Judge rules Bell Mobility discriminated

• Tensions rise as Bill Cosby jury struggles to reach verdict

• Would-be bride can keep $19K diamond ring after breakup, Nova Scotia court rules

• Trump under investigation for possible obstruction of justice: report

• Home sales across Canada register biggest monthly decline in nearly 5 years

• City Councillor deletes tweet of young people, two days after police say photos can’t be published | Toronto Star

• Lawyer will assist Pence in responding to inquiries by special counsel in Russia probe, spokesman says

• Vice-President Mike Pence hires legal counsel for what Trump calls Russia probe 'witch hunt'

• Mueller investigating Kushner's business dealings, Washington Post reports

• WHL gets slapped with a class action lawsuit

• Cocaine-addicted coal miner fired over drug policy, not addiction, Supreme Court of Canada rules

• Jury fails to reach verdict in Cosby trial, will resume Saturday

• Gingrich: A president cannot obstruct justice

• Ontario’s proposed ban on workplace doctors' notes gets healthy reception

• Woman who encouraged boyfriend contemplating suicide found guilty of manslaughter

• Supreme Court stands by its controversial ruling to ensure timely trials

• Google Said to Be Facing Record E.U. Fine by End of August

• What's next for Bill Cosby after mistrial?

• Ontario reviewing court ruling on abortion information | Ottawa Sun

• Prosecution plans to retry Cosby case

• Canada's biggest cities move to regulate Airbnb, but it's no easy task

• Why Couldn’t the Cosby Jury Reach a Verdict? Legal Experts Assess

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Paul Adam and Wise Law Office Featured on Lawyer's Daily

BY PAUL B. ADAM 

Last week, an interesting Ontario Court of Appeal case that I recently argued, Floward Enterprises v Winberg Estate 2017 ONCA 448, was featured on Lawyer's Daily. The full article is available here.

In most Court cases, there are two parties and both get the opportunity to plead their case before the Court. In order to ensure this outcome, the party who has initiated the court proceeding or step has to give notice to the other party of what action is being taken.

In some exceptional cases, however, only one party is present. This may be because the other party can't be found, or hasn't replied, and in some cases, it is because a quirk of the rule permits the case to be heard even though other parties haven't been notified.

What does this mean for the parties that aren't in Court? Do their rights get protected? Does someone speak for them. The Answer according to Floward, is that lawyers have a professional obligation to tell the Court what they know.

Here is an excerpt from Amanda Jerome for Lawyer's Daily:

"The appeal, from the order of Justice Nola Garton of the Superior Court of Justice on Sept. 21, 2015, centred around whether the order to return the diamond to the pawnbroker should be set aside as “a result of the application being decided in the absence of full and frank disclosure by the pawnbroker.”

Justice Gillese wrote: “The need for an applicant to make full and frank disclosure in a s. 490 application is acute. On such an application, the court is tasked with providing judicial oversight to achieve the ultimate goal that a thing seized by peace officers is returned to the lawful owner or person lawfully entitled to its possession."

Justice Gillese goes on to say:

 As the Crown points out, absent the requirement of full and frank disclosure, an application under s. 490(7) would allow a party to assert its claim unchallenged, while concealing information about others who would assert their claims if given an opportunity.”

The Court of Appeal also says this in its ruling:

"[44]      In order for the court to properly fulfill its supervisory role [...] – to see that seized things are returned to their lawful owners or those lawfully entitled to their possession once they no longer are required for any criminal investigation or proceeding – judges [...] must be able to rely on applicants to have made full and frank disclosure.  Only through such disclosure can the court make informed decisions about, among other things, whether other interested parties must be given notice of the proceeding.

In our view, this case is an important reminder to lawyers about the duties they owe to the Court. Thanks to Amanda Jerome for covering this interesting case!

- Paul Adam, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Thursday June 15, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

When a person is married in Ontario, the marriage automatically revokes a prior Last Will made by that person.

The sole exception to this rule is a Last Will that is specifically made in anticipation of an upcoming marriage to a specific person.
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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily #LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday June 14, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law.

Marriage contracts, also known as pre-nuptial agreements, enable spouses to privately determine how issues relating to their property and support will be resolved if they separate in the future.

To ensure the enforceability of a marriage contract, both parties must make full financial disclosure to each other, receive independent legal advice and execute the agreement freely, voluntarily.
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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily #LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Tuesday June 13, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law.

Did you know that your Employer has a duty to accommodate your disability up until a point of undue hardship?

An employee is however responsible for requesting the accommodation and providing the employer with adequate information about the nature of his or her request, which often includes producing supporting medical documentation.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of June 12, 2017

Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of June 12, 2017.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 12, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 12, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• U.S. Supreme Court Affirms North Carolina Districts Rely Too Much on Race

• Challenge to Cleveland Indians name proceeds

• iPhones to block texts while driving

• Contractor charged with leaking document about U.S. election hacking

• Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump

• Blocked Trump Twitter followers claim First Amendment violation

• Feds announce bill to modernize Criminal Code, purge obsolete laws

• In A First, Connecticut's Animals Get Advocates In The Courtroom - NPR

• Jail sentence for Brampton boss who owed workers $125,000

• An unconscious person can't consent to sex, Liberals confirm in Criminal Code cleanup

• ‘Just do it babe’: The harrowing messages Boston accused sent her boyfriend hours before his suicide

• Bill Cosby’s accuser testifies he gave her three blue pills before sexual assault

• Lack of 'frank disclosure' leaves ownership of stolen diamond in limbo

• Ontario asks judge to review rules around ‘carding’

• Jury may soon hear from Bill Cosby, even if he doesn’t take stand at sex assault trial

• Human Rights Tribunal orders Law Society to produce documents in racial profiling case

• Supreme Court will not hear Ezra Levant's appeal of libel judgment | rdnewsNOW

• Canada's chief justices given green light by Judicial Council to help solve court delays - The Globe and Mail

• Ontario Court of Appeal now deciding fate of Toronto's shisha bars

• Prosecution rests in Bill Cosby sex assault case after damaging, decade-old testimony heard in court | Toronto Star

• Role of Trump’s Personal Lawyer Blurs Public and Private Lines

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday June 8, 2017.

Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

Where a person dies without a will, an intestacy arises. Ontario’s Succession Law Reform Act establishes rules for the distribution of an intestate deceased person’s property. An intestate person’s spouse inherits the first $200,000 of an Estate.

Estate property over $200,000 is divided between the deceased’s spouse and children, in proportions that depend on the number of surviving children. Where there are no surviving spouse or children, parents inherit. If there are no surviving parents, siblings will inherit.
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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Wednesday June 7, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law.

The first same-sex marriage in Ontario occurred on January 14, 2001. Its legality, along with the legality of many other same-sex marriages, was affirmed by the Ontario Court of Appeal on June 10, 2003 in a case called Halpern v. Canada.
Same-sex marriage and divorce have been recognized throughout Canada since July 20, 2005, when the Government of Canada passed the Civil Marriage Act, which newly defined marriage in a gender-neutral manner.
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Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of June 5, 2017

Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of June 5, 2017.

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 5, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 5, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Judge allows suit over underfilled candy boxes; Hershey’s says consumers alerted by ‘audible rattle’

• Nova Scotia Human Rights Board Orders Employee Insurance Plan to Cover Medical Marijuana Expenses

• Canadian Judicial Council must signal to judges that undue delays will not be tolerated: Editorial.

• Ontario Premier announces minimum wage rise to $15 an hour

• Tiger Woods was asleep at wheel, arrest report says

• CRA pursuing criminal charges against Panama Papers tax cheats

• Florida man is jailed for failing to give police a working password to his smartphone

• Ontario Employment Standards Act Reforms Underway

• Substantial Award Against Employer in Sexual Harassment Case Upheld on Appeal

• Owner of net-zero solar home has to pay tax on electricity he generates

• Cross Examining the Artificial Intelligence

• Senators asked Comey to investigate AG Jeff Sessions for possible perjury

• Quebec plans to reopen constitutional debate, launch coast-to-coast discussion

• Engineer tried in Elliot Lake mall collapse found not guilty

• Meet Bill 148: Ontario’s ‘Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017′

• Waterloo police face class-action alleging widespread sexual harassment

• Toronto officer convicted in death of Sammy Yatim seeks acquittal on appeal

• Karla Homolka no longer allowed to volunteer at Montreal elementary school

• Here's what Elizabeth Wettlaufer confessed to police about killing 8 seniors in

• Donald Trump taking battle over travel ban to U.S. Supreme Court

• Jail for former Penn State president in Sandusky case

• Walmart Is Accused of Punishing Workers for Sick Days

• Tulsa woman get 16 years for mutilating corpse of estranged husband’s girlfriend during funeral

• Canadian suspect in Yahoo hack appeals judge’s decision to deny bail

• Junior hockey's biggest fight isn't on the ice — it's in the courtroom

• What to Expect as Bill Cosby’s Sex Assault Trial Begins

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Thursday June 1, 2017.

Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

For an Ontario will to be valid, it must be signed by the person making the will and be witnessed by two people who are not beneficiaries under the will.

A holograph will is an exception to these formal requirements. Holograph wills must be made entirely in the handwriting of the testator. No witnesses are required for a holograph will.
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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Wednesday May 31, 2017.

Today we are talking about Family Law.

In determining entitlement to spousal support, Ontario courts consider the financial means of both spouses, the length of their marriage, and any economic disadvantage experienced by a spouse as a result of the marriage.

Also relevant is any significant disparity between the incomes of the spouses, the goal of encouraging economic self-sufficiency, and several other important factors.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Tuesday May 30, 2017.

Today we are talking about Employment Law.

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.
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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of May 29, 2017

Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 29, 2017.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 29, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 29, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Toronto area housing market has a 'missing middle,' new report says

• Apple Settles Legal Dispute With Nokia

• Labour report calls for expanding protection for workers in Ontario

• Final Report of the Ontario Changing Workplaces Review

• FCC won't come after Colbert over Trump joke

• McDonald's loses appeal; fired manager to get more than $100000 for wrongful dismissal

• Greg Gianforte, Montana G.O.P. Candidate, Is Charged in Attack on Reporter

• A day after allegedly body slamming reporter, GOP candidate holds off Democrat

• Changing Workplaces Review Final Report: Sweeping Changes to Ontario Employment Law Coming

• Judicial watchdog launches complaint into Ontario trial judge who refused to explain verdict

• Trump administration plans to take travel ban fight to U.S. Supreme Court

• Defense Attorney Tells Rape Victim Trump Will Deport Her If She Testifies. Defense Attorney Goes TO JAIL

• Judge dismisses lawsuit against Hillary Clinton by Benghazi families

• Supreme Court of Canada to look at constitutionality of victim surcharges 

- 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 26, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law.

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. 

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday May 25, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

Ontario’s probate fees are $250 for the first $50,000 of an estate’s value and $15 for each additional $1,000. These fees are properly referred to as Estate Administration Taxes.

These taxes must be paid at the court when an Application is filed for the appointment of an Estate Trustee to administer an estate.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday May 24, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law.

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.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 23, 2017

*Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 23, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• The Tipping Point: Regulation of Toronto’s Airbnb Market
• A third of Cosby’s jury pool has an opinion on his guilt or innocence
• Jury Selection to Begin Monday for Bill Cosby Trial 
• Field Notes: 11 Questions to Ask Before Getting a Divorce
• Legal Aid Ontario to suspend some refugee services July 1 over funding shortfall 
• Government of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Ontario
• “Cellino Sues Barnes. Who Gets the Jingle?”
• Almost 40 per cent of Canadians eat lunch at their desks, new research shows 
• ‘Day of victory’ for Julian Assange, says lawyer after Sweden drops rape investigation
• Anthony Weiner to Plead Guilty to Resolve Sexting Inquiry
• Harassed RCMP sergeant offered to settle years ago; wants $1 million in costs
• Trump Sends Nafta Renegotiation Notice to Congress
• Man sues date for texting during movie
• Judicial council fears ‘special interest groups’ shaping sexual assault training
• Whistleblower Chelsea Manning freed after 7 years in U.S. military prison
• Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Is Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation
• Sex assault law training now mandated for new Ontario judges 
• What is a special counsel and how much power do they have?
• Judge’s comments prompt Ontario’s top court to order new murder trial in rare move
• Debate heats up on paralegals in family law 
• Ontario businesses warn against major labour law changes | CTV News
• Canada immigration detention is unconstitutional, lawyers argue in Federal Court | Toronto Star
• 3 Judges Weigh Trump’s Revised Travel Ban, but Keep Their Poker Faces
• Bill Cosby Says He Will Not Testify at His Criminal Trial
• Ottawa to move on protections for air travellers
• Liberals to support Ambrose bill on sex-assault law training for would-be judges 
• Mounties are incapable of policing themselves, RCMP watchdog report says
• Supreme Court lets stand opinion striking down voter North Carolina ID law as discriminatory

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday May 24, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law.

Where all matrimonial issues have been resolved as at the one-year anniversary of a separation, an uncontested divorce can proceed by filing specified paperwork with the Court.

Where issues remain unresolved, a divorce judgement can still be issued, and remaining issues can then be continued in a “corollary relief proceeding.”
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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Tuesday May 16, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law.

Under Ontario’s Human Rights Code, where discrimination or harassment has been proven the Tribunal can award significant remedies to employees.

A Human Rights Tribunal has power to order reinstatement of employment, restitution, monetary compensation for wage loss, and damages for injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect.

For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates, and Estates Litigation, visit us at http://www.wiselaw.net

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of May 15, 2017

Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 15, 2017.

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 15, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 15, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Lawyer who advised client to ‘relax’ in response to Facebook inquiries gets suspension

• Ontario man given three tickets by ‘the smoke police’ for having a cigarette alone in his SUV

• Trump’s Wall Faces a Barrier in Texas: Landowner Lawsuits

• Fake ‘kosher’ cheese at kids’ camps leads to criminal charges

• Richard Simmons sues over tabloids’ sex change stories

• Sask. C.A. Says Pending Legalization of Cannabis “Irrelevant” Gives Trafficker 15 Month Sentence

• Focus: Regulations on e-cigarettes under debate by legal profession

• Pebbles and Fred Flintstone lien held up sale of Kingston woman’s SUV

• Jakarta Governor jailed for blasphemy

• In-house counsel terminated before six-figure bonus payout loses on appeal

• Texas bill could keep transgender students out of sports

• Federal Court strikes down key provisions of Citizenship Act

• Two TTC workers fail random drug and alcohol tests on first day of new policy

• Comey was pushing Trump-Russia probe harder in days before firing, officials say

• Fired justice of the peace wants public to pay $770,000 legal bill

• Bronx teacher fired for removing child's hijab

• Diamond & Diamond’s top lawyer faces professional misconduct probe

• Supreme Court of Canada Calendar of Upcoming May 2017 Hearings

• NC Worker Fired for Facebook Posts Awarded $1.5M

• Lawyers who delay trials liable for costs, Supreme Court of Canada rules

• Law student with felony record and Skadden fellowship denied character and fitness recommendation

• Sessions overturns Holder’s policy that softened drug charges against low-level offenders

• Employee Suffering From Alcoholism Reinstated After Unjust Termination

• Are You Avoiding Succession Planning?

• New Toronto courthouse will centralize criminal proceedings but lawyers group objects - CBC News

• Surprising pro-employer decisions on post-employment restrictive covenants - Lexology

• UK Hospitals hit by 'large-scale ransomware' attack

• In 2020, British Solicitors Won’t Need a Law Degree

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday May 11, 2017.

Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

If a deceased person owed support to a spouse or child under the Family Law Act, they may also be entitled to dependant'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 defendant can apply in court to receive the support they are owed.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday May 10, 2017.

Today we are talking about Family Law.

A final divorce judgment cannot be granted until one year following the date a married couple separates (unless special grounds for divorce are proven)

A divorce Application may be commenced by either spouse at any time following separation.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday May 9, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law.

Ontario employees are prohibited from discrimination and harassment against any employee.

Employers may not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, citizenship, creed, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status or family status.

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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Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of May 8, 2017

Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 8, 2017.

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 8, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 8, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• OxyContin maker agrees to $20M settlement in Canadian class-action case

• 'He also stole my dreams:' Alanis Morissette's ex-manager gets 6 years in jail for embezzlement

• Supreme Court grants leave to appeal cross-border booze case

• Law Society of B.C. wants assurances for lawyers crossing border with electonric devices

• 8 charged in frat hazing death

• Woman awarded record $110M in baby powder lawsuit

• Restrict use of solitary confinement for mentally ill prisoners, independent reviewer says

• Louisiana Judge blasts 'ridiculous' 18-year sentence for marijuana

• Families of San Bernardino victims sue Twitter, Google and Facebook over ISIS posts

• 18 Penn State Students Charged in Fraternity Death

• Senate Asks Trump Associates for Records of Communication With Russians

• Man born out of wedlock can't inherit from grandmother, Ontario court rules 

• Inaccurate leads from IP addresses prompt police to serve warrants on innocent people

• Advocacy groups in B.C. launch constitutional challenge over legal aid

• Culturally Competency in End of Life Care in Ontario

• Mandatory minimum changes one part of planned overhaul of Canadian justice system | Chronicle Herald

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday May 4, 2017.

Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

An estate trustee is entitled to be paid for the work they do on behalf of the estate.

The compensation is 2.5% of each transaction in and of of the estate, and 0.4% of the average value of the estate for each year they act as trustee.
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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday May 3, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law.

The amount of child support payable by a non-custodial parent is strictly governed by the Child Support Guidelines. The Guideline tables establish basic child support obligations and are based solely on the payor’s income, number of children, and province of residence.

In addition to the basic child support payable under the Guidelines, additional amounts may be payable to cover special and extraordinary expenses incurred for a child’s daycare, medical care, education and extra-curricular activities like hockey and ballet. These additional expenses are shared by the parents in proportion to their respective incomes.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Tuesday May 2, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law.

It is very difficult for employers to prove “just cause” for termination, unless there is evidence of gross or wilful misconduct, like theft, fraud, or intentional dereliction of duties.

To establish “cause” for termination because of performance concerns, employers must typically provide several written warnings as well as adequate opportunity for the employee to improve job performance.

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of May 1, 2017

Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 1, 2017.

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 1, 2017

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 1, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 

• Dow Chemical could collect largest patent infringement award in Canadian history after judge decision

• Vic Toews to face Canadian Judicial Council review over conflict-of-interest allegations

• Trump slaps first tariffs on Canadian lumber

• Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Withhold Money From Sanctuary Cities

• Lawyers called to New York bar must operate offices in the state

• White House refuses to hand over documents to Flynn-Russia investigation

• Phase 1 of Ontario Superior Court E-Filing Has Arrived

• Toronto lawyer says $1B of Ontario investors'

• Legal expert: Trump’s tweets attacking the courts will be ‘a record for his impeachment trial’

• LSUC approves sliding cap on referral fees

• Justice ministers across Canada meet to tackle delays in the courts - CityNews

• Volkswagen ordered to pay $2.1B in class-action suit over emissions scandal

• Judge clears way for $180M class-action suit against Ontario Hockey League | CBCSports.ca

• Ringleader in maple syrup heist gets 8 years in prison, $9.4M fine

• He saved 17 people who OD’d — but police want to jail him

• Too Scared to Report Sexual Abuse. The Fear: Deportation.

• Lawyers need signed consent to refer out cases

• Customer assumes risk of loss from hacker wire transfer fraud says Ontario court

• United Airlines reaches settlement with passenger dragged from plane

• Louis Vuitton takes on Ontario flea market over fake goods - Toronto - CBC News

• 10th Anniversary of Ontario Paralegal Regulation

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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