Legal News Post of the Day: April 17, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: CRA accounts hacked after 28,000 social insurance numbers stolen in data breach #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/vath8LDUMn

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: What is a Power of Attorney for Personal Care?

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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Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: When Can You Apply for Divorce in Ontario?

Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: When Can You Apply for Divorce in Ontario? #law #legal #separation #FamilyLaw

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

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

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 15, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario's severed ties with Starlink impedes access to legal services in remote First Nations #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/SJYilTlw6H

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Employment #LawFact of the Day: Can a temporary layoff be considered a termination of employment?

Temporary layoffs of employment may not be permitted unless there is an employment contract that specifically permits such layoffs. 

In most circumstances, legally permitted layoffs can only last:

A. Not more than 13 weeks of layoff in any period of 20 consecutive weeks, or

B. More than 13 weeks in any period of 20 consecutive weeks, but less than 35 weeks of layoff in any period of 52 consecutive weeks if the employer continues benefit payments or makes other substantial payment to the employee during the layoff.

If you have been laid off without contractual authorization, or 

If you have not been recalled by your employer within these required timeframes,

You may be entitled to treat the layoff as a termination and to claim compensation for wrongful dismissal.

Seek legal advice to determine your rights and entitlements if you have been laid off.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 14, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Foreign worker who paid $25K to land job in Canada awarded $115K by BC employment standards tribunal #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/ppe1pxe8G2

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 Legal News Post for the Week of April 14, 2025

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of April 14, 2025

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of  April 14, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Rise in asylum seekers crossing into Quebec as U.S. revokes status of thousands of migrants
  

• AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
  

• Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies
  

• Quebec trans woman convicted of triple homicide to serve time in men's prison
  

• House Votes to Curb National Injunctions, Targeting Judges Who Thwart Trump
  

• Advocates’ Society, Canadian legal group, rocked by 2nd high-profile resignation after it cancelled speech by Syrian Canadian
  

• Trump Reverses Course on Global Tariffs, Announcing 90-Day Pause
  

• Ontario open to collaborating with Toronto on bike lane removals: Ministry of Transport
  

• Ontario schools begin suspending students who aren't fully vaccinated
  

• CanLII’s Support for the Rule of Law
  

• Canada election: Conservative crime policies draw criticism
  

• Military Judge Throws Out Sept. 11 Case Confession as Obtained Through Torture
  

• Foreign worker who paid $25K to land job in Canada awarded $115K by BC employment standards tribunal

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 11, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Canada election: Conservative crime policies draw criticism #law #legal #legalnews via @CTVNews https://t.co/IBYuaHAYRL

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 5, 2010

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 5, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Warman and Fournier: Divisional Court Protects Online Anonymity, Overturns Motion Court Ruling https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/warman-and-fournier-divisional-court.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 10, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario schools begin suspending students who aren't fully vaccinated #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/A2xQ0Wg1gH

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Intestacy in Ontario

When 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. 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 9, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Rise in asylum seekers crossing into Quebec as U.S. revokes status of thousands of migrants #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/YlypQvo6SG

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: What is the Role of The Office of The Children's Lawyer (OCL) in Ontario Family Law Matters?

Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: What is the Role of The Office of The Children's Lawyer (OCL) in Ontario Family Law Matters? #law #legal #separation #FamilyLaw 

In difficult parenting cases, a Court may request that the Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL) become involved to investigate and make recommendations to the Court or to provide legal representation for a child.

The OCL is an Ontario government agency that employs lawyers and social workers.

It works to provide independent information to the Court about a child’s needs, wishes and legal interests

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 8, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: City of Toronto suing consultant for Gardiner work it claims caused 8 months of delays #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/46sTZDHe5o

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Employment #LawFact of the Day: Can I get my job back if I have been fired?

Under Ontario law, reinstatement of non-unionized employment can only be required if the termination was discriminatory, the termination was an unlawful reprisal to a workplace safety, employment standards, or similar statutory complaint.

Unionized employee may have additional protections.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 7, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Canadian detained for 11 days by U.S. immigration speaks out for others stuck in limbo #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/r9X6LuITEA

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 Legal News Post for the Week of April 7, 2025

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of April 7, 2025

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of  April 7, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzlement, barred from running in 2027 France election
  

• Doug Emhoff’s Law Firm Is Said to Be Trump’s Next Target
  

• Ontario raising minimum wage to $17.60 starting October
  

• Alberta judge who mocked woman was harsh and disrespectful: judicial council
  

• Trump takes on Canada again with sweeping new tariffs on goods including autos
  

• The GTA had the worst voter turnout in Ontario in the last federal election. Here's why
  

• A Swastika, a Tesla and a Debate Over the Limits of Hate Crime Law
  

• Chris Barber, Tamara Lich found guilty of mischief for roles in Freedom Convoy
  

• Wise Law Blog: 20 Years of Wise Law Blog
  

• A reprieve for snowbirds? Trump Administration sued over traveller registration requirement

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 4, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: A reprieve for snowbirds? Trump Administration sued over traveller registration requirement #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/SDIIgmfQep

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 19, 2017

This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 19, 2017 via Wise Law Blog: Using Social Media To Build Your Online Reputation https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2017/01/using-social-media-to-build-your-online.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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20 Years of Wise Law Blog

Time won't permit an epic post, recapping our entire two decades through the law-blawgosphere that was (and could have been), but it's been fun and challenging and busy and a never-ending eye-opener.  

Glad to say we'll have made it to the twenty year mark tomorrow.  

Thanks to all who have been reading and following, and special thanks to Joy and Rachel and all of our lawyers who have contributed over the years.

Happy 20th Blawgversary, Wise Law Blog.  

Do you think that means it's about time we got a real job?

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 3, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump takes on Canada again with sweeping new tariffs on goods including autos #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/BwwbN2gdjh

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Holograph Wills in Ontario

For an Ontario Will to be valid, it must be signed by the testator 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 entirely handwritten and signed by the testator. No witnesses are required. It will not be valid if any portion of it is typewritten or otherwise not entirely in the testator's handwriting.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 2, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario raising minimum wage to $17.60 starting October #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/G6l94oGTcT

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: Mediation of Parenting Disputes in Ontario

Many parental disputes in Ontario Family Law matters are now resolved through Mediation, rather than court action.

Mediators work with parents to create parenting plans and residency schedules that are tailor-made to provide for children’s needs and for joint parenting. 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: April 1, 2025

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzlement, barred from running in 2027 France election #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/RvFUW3Vmbn

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Employment #LawFact of the Day: How Much am I owed if I am fired?

The amount payable to a wrongfully dismissed employee depends on the length of employment, age, salary, and several other factors.

It can be as much as one month for each year of service, or even more in exceptional circumstances.

You may be entitled to compensation. 

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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