The breakdown of a family relationship is always hard. But it can be unbearable if the romantic relationship is replaced with a hostile, violent, or vexatious one. So what do you do then? Assuming all practical fixes break down, the parties can resort to one of three court applications: 1) Emergency Protection Order (EPO), 2) … Continue Reading »
Usually a separation means that someone needs to find a new place to live. The New York Times has a useful tool for looking at the long-term costs of renting versus buying. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html You may find this tool useful if you are looking for new accommodation for yourself, but it can also be useful […]
Our courts generally award some additional money to whomever is more successful in their litigation as costs. This is designed to discourage litigating losing cases. But enforcing a cost award can be more trouble than it is worth, and many cost awards don’t ever get paid. When awarded costs people tend to do one of […]
An interesting case out this month, where a husband’s failure to follow the Dower Act cost him $75,000 and his house. The Dower Act is a 100-year-old relic of a time when women had to be protected in case their husbands gave the family farm away in his will or sold the family home and […]
A recent decision of the Court of Appeal of Alberta has clarified the disclosure of financial information for owners of private corporations. Paragraph 8 of the standard Notice to Disclose form requires the following disclosure: 8. If you have a 1% or more interest in a privately held corporation: (a) […]
