LawFact of the Day: Civil Litigation

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday June 29, 2016. Today we are talking about Civil Litigation.

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Ontario’s Small Claims Courts have jurisdiction to award damages of up to $25,000 in lawsuits brought before the Court.  

In 2012-2013, almost 43% of all new civil proceedings in Ontario were commenced in the Province’s Small Claims Courts.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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LawFact of the Day: Employment Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Friday June 24, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.

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Can an employer lawfully terminate an exceptional employee who has had consistently good performance reviews?

Under Ontario law, an employer may terminate any employee without cause so long as:

•The employer provides reasonable notice or,

•Pay instead of such notice

- 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 22, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law.

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The Child Support Guideline Table Look-up is a free tool to calculate child support payable according to the Canadian Federal Child Support Guidelines.

The table look-up allows you to determine the base amount for child support by inputting your annual income, number of children, and province of residence.

- 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 June 21, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.

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A last Will can leave instructions for who will have custody of the deceased's children.

These custody appointments are valid for 90 days. After that, the court must make a permanent appointment.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140Law: Legal Headlines for the Week of June 20, 2016

Here are the leading headlines from Wise Law on Twitter

• Pot friendly gym, 420 Games eye Canada in expansion plans

• Smell test key in music copyright cases

• New trial ordered for Jesse Ventura defamation verdict

• Microsoft to purchase LinkedIn for $26.2 billion

• Divisional Court decision blow to vexatious tenant litigants

• U of T lockdown lifted after police find no evidence of gun on campus

• SCC Reaffirms Primacy Of Solicitor-Client Privilege, as Income Tax Act Provisions Held Unconstitutional 

• Oscar Pistorius Is Unfit to Testify at Sentencing, Psychologist Says

• Iran’s anger over Ontario court ruling threatens Liberal attempts to mend diplomatic ties

• Lawyer Joseph Groia loses appeal of LSUC incivility ruling

• Free TV for life? Cable giants granted court injunction to stamp it out

• Guiste: Court of Appeal Dismisses Groia Appeal with a Powerful Dissent from Brown J.A.

• Federal, Quebec justice ministers ask CJC for new hearing on Girouard

• Sumner Redstone moves to oust Viacom board members

• Liberals reject Senate proposal to cut near-death proviso in assisted-dying bill

• New Ontario Superior Court Justices appointed by Government of Canada

• Assisted dying to become law after Senate backs Liberals' bill

• Nazi death camp guard, 94, convicted of being accessory to thousands of murders

• An Expensive Law Degree, and No Place to Use It

• Workplace Harassment, A Changing Legislative Landscape

• Prosecutors drop drug trafficking case against FedEx

• ‘Joint-employer’ status could rattle franchise industry: ‘It will be a game-changer’

• Ontario Court of Appeal confirms tribunal’s reinstatement order 12 years after employee fired

• The Ontario government is quietly gearing up for legalized marijuana sales.

• Fixed Term Contracts: How Two Weeks' Pay Became Over 27 Months Wages

• Court’s permission necessary for assisted dying, Ontario judge rules

• New York State Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Fantasy Sports

• Tax agency liens Conrad Black property, fears he will skip town, won’t pay up on disputed taxes

• Toronto marijuana shop operators call charges ‘ridiculous’

• Assisted Dying Finally Becomes Law

- 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: Family Law

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday June 16, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law.

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Ontario’s Family Law Act (FLA) governs the equalization and division of property between spouses upon marital separation.

It applies only to spouses who are legally married

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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