The Supreme Court of Canada has issued an extremely important ruling, which requires all government tribunals to apply and enforce the Ontar...

In Canada, a Divorce on the basis of "breakdown of a marriage" cannot be granted until at least one year has passed from the date ...

If you are reading this at the office, you might be interested in this story today from Yahoo News : NEW YORK - Saying surfing the web is e...

See the video here (click): Update: April 28, 2006 - Listen to Living With War, the new Neil Young album here . His own comments about the ...

Are blogs by lawyers the "newest thing?" In the January 2006 edition of Canadian Lawyer Magazine, writer Kevin Marron discusses t...

National Post writer Jack Kohane interviewed me last month about some of the things I do after office hours. His very kind article was pub...

Sulz v. Attorney General of Canada The British Columbia Supreme Court has awarded Nancy Sulz, a former RCMP officer, damages of nearly $1 mi...

I last wrote about the proposed Spousal Support Guidelines in May 2005, to discuss the general features of the new advisory guideline recom...

This today, at CP24 (from my friend Mike Fata) ... In fact, to find the one issue that seems to have transfixed so many, you have to journey...

On May 1, 2006, the Canadian Child Support Guidelines will be updated with significant amendments. Among the most important of these chang...

Another silly case... (Slightly edited from the original report in the Detroit News:) A Maryland judge has ruled that mooning is a cheeky ye...

See this ABC News story on breaking developments in Phoenix, Arizona traffic law. A very pregnant woman, after being stopped by the police ...

Former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louise Arbour has served at the United Nations as High Commissioner for Human Rights since 2004. She...

Leonelli-Contino and Contino The Supreme Court of Canada today issued an important ruling on the application of the "40% Rule," as...

In the immediate wake of the crisis that has been unfolding this week in the "Big Easy," focus needs to remain on helping the vict...

In this new era of same-sex marriage and same-sex divorce, Canadian family law is, of necessity, undergoing a fudamental re-thinking. The ca...

This from my friend Michael Fata - he l oves the last paragraph... Lotto dispute heads to B.C. Supreme Court (from CTV.ca News Staff) A disp...

It seems not that long ago that I was one of tens of thousand of Torontonians, rhythmically throwing our fists in the air with Bruce Springs...

My good friend, Dr. Lawrie Ingles, forwarded this by email.. Red, White and Balloon A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She ...

Family Courts in Toronto and Ontario Reference New Spousal Support Guidelines A new Federal Government proposal calls for a radical change i...