Pulse
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May 14, 2024
High-conflict divorce: Tips from the trenches
Some spouses who are separating seek out the most aggressive lawyer for their divorce. This is because in the field of family law, where clients’ emotions run high, they are often insecure, scared and worried that their spouse will take advantage of them. In fact, some spouses even threaten to do just that. Which is why some spouses think they need an aggressive lawyer.
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May 14, 2024
2 judicial appointments to Ontario Court of Justice
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced two judicial appointments to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Toronto: Ira G. Parghi and Benita Wassenaar, a news release from the Department of Justice announced.
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May 14, 2024
What B.C. single-regulator recommendation means to legal independence | Michael D. Lucas
In December 2013, the Law Society of British Columbia made a recommendation that it should regulate not only lawyers but also notaries and other groups of limited-scope legal service providers who had met qualifications standards. The underlying policy rationale for the recommendation was that a single regulator could reconcile qualification processes, ethical standards and disciplinary systems to best assure that different groups of providers providing similar services would be properly qualified and similarly regulated. It was also possible that access to legal services could be improved by regulating new groups of providers under a single regulator, although the recommendations considered this to be speculative.
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May 14, 2024
Wellness: Civility and empathy | Darryl Singer
I was saddened to read of the recent passing of former federal cabinet minister Jim Peterson, who died at the age of 82.
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May 13, 2024
Tax Court sees new judicial appointment
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment of Michael U. Ezri as a Judge of the Tax Court, a news release from the Department of Justice announced.
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May 13, 2024
New partner joins BMKP Law
Sean Maxwell has joined the partnership at Brown Mills Klinck Prezioso LLP (BMKP Law), a news release from the boutique law firm announced.
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May 13, 2024
Family Legal Services Provider program starting January 2025 | Michelle Lomazzo
On Dec. 1, 2022, The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) convocation voted in favour of a Family Legal Services Provider (FLSP) licence for licensed paralegals. Since then, Fanshawe College has been selected as the approved and only online provider of the FLSP program. The FLSP program is now in development and Fanshawe will begin offering the program starting in January 2025.
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May 13, 2024
Patrick Critton applies for parole | Michael Crowley
In thinking about the thousands of parole hearings I conducted over my 21 years as a Parole Board of Canada member, some stand out — either because of the nature of the offence(s), because of media or victim involvement, or some because the story behind the commission of their offences was simply of great interest to me.
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May 13, 2024
Consistently chaotic | Murray Gottheil
Early in my articles, a senior partner named David asked me to draft a document and gave me a precedent to use. David approved my draft but asked me to show it to Bob, a more junior partner. Bob told me that I had left out an important clause and asked me if David had approved my drafting. When I assured him that David had thought the draft was fine, Bob rolled his eyes and I understood that Bob did not hold David in high regard.
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May 10, 2024
Supreme Court of Canada clarifies how to assess compensation for constructive expropriation
The Supreme Court of Canada has explained how to assess compensation payable for constructive expropriation of private land by public authorities in a unanimous decision that reverses a ruling below that pegged what the City of St. John’s owes to a property owner to the land’s prospective market value if it were permitted to be developed for residential use, rather than to its much lower market value as land which is currently zoned “watershed,” with only limited discretionary agriculture, forestry and public utility uses.