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When you are busy building a business, planning and preparing for the unexpected may be the last task on your long to-do list.  It is a task that is easy to push into the future when there are [...]

Most of us who operate a business need financing from time to time.  That financing can be for several reasons.  For many of us, upfront cash is needed to fund operations.  In a product sale [...]

Many employers require employees to agree to a probationary period (usually 3 months, but sometimes longer) during which the employer can dismiss the employee for any lawful reason whatsoever [...]

In the years following the landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision of Hyrniak, there has been a notable shift towards parties bringing summary judgment motions seeking full or partial summary [...]

Nowadays, it is common for family lawyers to meet with people who have prepared their own separation agreement and signed it, or plan to sign it. In an age of online templates, kits, and Google, [...]

According to articles in the Harvard Business Review and the Arizona Daily Star, a US Federal jury has recently awarded 3.8 million dollars in damages to a Tucson paramedic after the Tucson Fire [...]

One of the most important documents in a residential real estate transaction is the Agreement of Purchase and Sale. We receive many questions from clients regarding the clauses contained in the [...]

In this day and age, preparing a will is not as simple as it used to be.  In the past, a list of bank accounts, real estate assets (for those of you lucky to have a house, and even a cottage!), [...]

Spring has sprung and Ottawa’s potholes are multiplying in number and growing in size. Cars are falling into potholes causing lost hubcaps, flat tires and body damage.  Is the city liable [...]

Do you have a plan for the transfer of your business? Transferring a business can be an involved and complicated process that can have a major impact on your finances and retirement. Succession [...]