Tax
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January 15, 2024
Missed GST/HST rebate claims, denied remission request and judicial review
The Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres (OATC) is a private organization dedicated to aiding long-term sobriety from illegal substances. Recently, OATC requested relief from approximately $1,000,000 in GST/HST paid during the 2007 to 2012 taxation years for certain drug testing reagents (the test kits).
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January 12, 2024
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada promotes 14 to partner and two to of counsel
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP has announced that it has promoted 14 of its lawyers to partner for 2024.
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January 11, 2024
Loopstra Nixon adds seven to its partnership
Loopstra Nixon LLP welcomes Vincent Ho, Sanam Jalali, Mandy Ng, Amanda Pilieci, Jenelle Westworth, Sarah Wouters, and Althea Yip to its 2024 partner class.
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January 10, 2024
Supreme Court of Canada judge fell and injured his ribs, but top court says he remains on the job
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Nicholas Kasirer has had a fall that injured his ribs and kept him from participating in a Toronto legal conference where he was scheduled to speak, but the top court told Law360 Canada the Quebec jurist is continuing to “fulfil his duties at the court and there has been no impact on his work.”
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January 10, 2024
Abrametz: Round two | Sara Blake
In Abrametz v. Law Society of Saskatchewan 2023 SKCA 114, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal appears unwilling to accept the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Law Society of Saskatchewan v. Abrametz 2022 SCC 29, which referred the appeal back to the Court of Appeal to decide the remaining penalty issues.
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January 10, 2024
Manitoba regulator outlaws video ID of clients involved in financial dealings
As part of ongoing efforts to protect its members from being used in money laundering schemes, the Law Society of Manitoba has made it so lawyers can no longer use video conferencing to verify the ID of clients involved in financial transactions.
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January 10, 2024
Navigating the digital future: Law Society of Ontario’s virtual verification update
New year, new rules! The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has started the new year by implementing virtual verification requirements for lawyers and paralegals, effective Jan. 1. As Canadian society moves towards a more digital world, the legal profession is continuing to follow suit by adopting new virtual practices as financial misconduct and fraud continue to be a serious concern in Ontario.
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January 09, 2024
Priority of Crown’s debt over creditors of equal degree
The Crown’s “prerogative of priority” has been enforced in Canada since it was established as a colony of England. See Canada v. Bank of Nova Scotia, [1885] 11 S.C.R. 1 (“the Crown is entitled at common law to a preference … , the Queen’s rights and prerogatives extending to the colonies in like manner as they do to the mother country.”).
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January 08, 2024
Federal Court of Appeal dismisses tax case relating to 1996 incomplete merger
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal of mining company’s reassessment of its 1996 taxation year where fees received due to an incomplete merger were regarded as income, despite finding that the Tax Court erred in its interpretation.
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January 08, 2024
Three new partners for Aird & Berlis
Aird & Berlis has announced that Yosef Adler, Ryan Ghuman and Queenie Lo have joined the firm as partners and members of the firm’s corporate/commercial group.