Catherine Hyde, Family Law Clerk.
The commercials have already started advertising the upcoming Christmas season, displaying those warm fuzzy families. Now that you are separated or divorced, you can’t help but wonder how you can still have the best Christmas for yourself and your children.
Even though it is still just over a month away, it
Continuing Powers of Attorney for Property are one of the documents frequently executed in estate planning practices.
The majority of Continuing Powers of Attorney for Property have no restriction in the authority given to the Attorney for the management of the grantor’s property. As such, the Attorney, when acting pursuant to an unrestricted Power of
In my previous blog on the high cost of lawyers in family matters, I promised to lay out a couple of additional ways in which fees can be reduced.
A lot of time is taken up in gathering the necessary information for your lawyer so that he or she can
I just read an article in the September 12, 2011 issue of McLean’s that caught my eye. The article written by Julia McKinnell discusses a new book for divorced parents entitled “Joint Custody with a Jerk” co-authored by Julie Ross and Judy Corcoran. Boy, the article hit home with me as in my practice
Matrimonial Matters is pleased to announce that, effective October 1, 2011, Burgar Rowe Professional Corporation and Purser Dooley Cockburn Smith LLP will merge to form a new firm, Barriston LLP.
While both firms have strong client bases and excellent longstanding reputations within the community and beyond, the growth opportunities of the combined firms are tremendous.
Have you ever heard the expression – “Blew the case wide open”? This might seem more relevant to a murder trial where they find the smoking gun or perhaps you have watched a CSI episode and suddenly they find that one piece of evidence that magically solves the case.
Believe it or not that can
Remembering Jack Layton
This past week we lost a great Canadian. No matter what your political stripes you no doubt mourned the passing of Jack Layton, NDP Leader. Jack wrote a final letter to all Canadians. Many now refer to this as his “manifesto”. Much of it is political in nature, however, in his final
In Ontario, there has been much discussion in the media and amongst various legal groups about ‘access to justice’ and how, in particular, the high cost of litigation prevents people from ‘accessing the justice system’. Recently, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Chief dealt with this issue in her remarks at the
Your relationship with your lawyer ought to professional, reasonably meet your expectations and be a diligent advocate for you. Remember, there is no perfection in law. Make sure there is a game plan and your lawyer apprises you of all steps and the cost/benefit analysis of proceeding in the manner recommended. Be open, honest and respectful and you ought to receive these qualities in return.
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My daughter, who lives in Yellowknife, recently sent some pictures of the family fishing in the Yellowknife River. The picture to the right is that of my son-in-law and my granddaughter, who is 3 years old. Both Father and daughter were enjoying the moment with the expectation of catching a fish on a beautiful summer day. I