Family
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April 29, 2025
No bias shown toward dad with disability in child relocation case: Appeal Court
A New Brunswick court dismissing a disabled father’s attempt to stop his ex-wife from moving away with their young son further bolsters the principle of doing what is best for the child, says the mother’s lawyer.
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April 29, 2025
CUSTODY, PARENTING, AND ACCESS - Best interests of child - Child’s age - Capacity or conditions of parents
Appeal by appellant from the decision awarding respondent MRM exclusive decision-making responsibility and majority parenting time, changing of the child's surname into his and costs against the appellant.
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April 29, 2025
Windsor Law’s workplace safety insurance course begins May 6, 2025
Kudos to Windsor Law dean Reem A. Bahdi and assistant dean Lisa Trabucco for having the foresight and initiative to introduce professional education programs. I’m so pleased their first course offering is a much-needed workplace safety insurance law program.
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April 29, 2025
Navigating workplace mental health concerns during a trade war
In these uncertain economic times, more people may be inclined to ignore mental health issues and continue to work for fear of losing their jobs. That can be a mistake.
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April 29, 2025
Close relationship: A novel approach to rebutting presumption of resulting trust
It is well-established in Canada that equity presumes bargains, not gifts. The Supreme Court of Canada’s seminal decision in Pecore v. Pecore, 2007 SCC 17 confirms that this principle even extends to gratuitous property transfers from parents to their own adult children.
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April 28, 2025
Court rejects minority shareholder’s veto claim after bedroom breakdown leads to boardroom battle
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has rejected the validity of an alleged agreement that purported to give a minority shareholder veto power over her removal from the board, finding that the signature of the majority shareholder on the document was not authentic.
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April 28, 2025
The different effect of divorce on men and women
In divorce, gender-sensitive legal services are essential to ensuring that the emotional and psychological repercussions of marital breakdown are appropriately understood and addressed. Divorce professionals such as judges, lawyers and mediators alike must recognize that the mental health impact of separation is not experienced uniformly across genders.
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April 28, 2025
Ontario family ruling ‘extremely important’ with ‘far-ranging’ implications, lawyer says
In a ruling being described as important and having significant implications, Ontario’s top court has given clarification on the interplay between provincial family law and federal refugee law in cases involving allegations of a child’s wrongful detention in Canada.
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April 25, 2025
SCC rules CRTC has no jurisdiction to decide 5G access disputes between telecoms and municipalities
In a decision that addresses the role of so-called “dynamic” statutory interpretation in cases where technology has evolved or other circumstances have changed significantly since a law was enacted, the Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed 7-2 that the CRTC does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes between telecom carriers and public authorities that have refused to allow the telcos to deploy 5G small cell antennas on public property.
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April 24, 2025
N.B. advocate warning against millions in cuts to child services
New Brunswick’s advocate for children, youth and vulnerable adults is sounding the alarm over tens of millions in cuts to child welfare services — a move he is calling “the most significant single-year reduction to services for vulnerable children in recent memory.”