Category: Blog

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Personal Injury

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Posted September 13, 2021

Ottawa now has 1,200 electric scooters on its streets under the City of Ottawa 2021 pilot project. E‑scooters are similar to manual kick scooters, however,[...]

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Real Estate

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Daniella Sicoli-Zupo

Posted September 9, 2021

Mandatory Vaccination Policies and Condominium Corporations

From mandatory masks to mandatory lockdowns, few people could have pictured just how far-reaching the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic would be. Most recently, Ontario[...]

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Employment, Human Rights and Labour

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Posted September 8, 2021

The Divisional Court’s Decision in Morningstar Shines Light on Right to Sue Applications

The WSIB regime operates much like an insurance policy against claims of workplace injury. Where an employer is covered under WSIB, employees cannot sue their[...]

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Business Law

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Marina Abrosimov

Posted September 7, 2021

Renewal Requirements for Health Cards, Driver’s Licences, and Licence Plates Reinstated in Ontario

* UPDATE * On February 9, 2022, the Ontario government announced that it is extending the requirement to renew health cards until September 30, 2022.[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted September 3, 2021

Skills Set # 22: Good Works for Good Reason

In assisting our new and more junior calls in developing their legal practices, we are always careful to note that they will not reach the[...]

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Estate Litigation, Family Law

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Kate Wright

Posted August 31, 2021

Extending Time Periods for Making an Election Following the Death of a Spouse

Time limits are an important consideration if you are contemplating making any kind of legal claim. In this blog, we will look at the time[...]

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Real Estate

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Jason Peyman

Posted August 30, 2021

Ottawa’s New Vacant Property Tax

As housing prices and rental rates continue to increase, affordable housing is becoming more of an issue in major cities. Municipalities are constantly searching for[...]

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Real Estate

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Adding or Removing Someone From Title – Do I Need to Pay Land Transfer Tax?

Whether or not land transfer tax applies in a transaction can be a very fact specific determination. In a “normal” purchase or sale where the[...]

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Family Law

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Posted August 23, 2021

Fighting For a Boxer: Pet Ownership in Family Law

In the case of Duboff v. Simpson, 2021 ONSC 4970, the Honourable Justice Papageorgiou presided over a summary trial involving two young lawyers feuding over[...]