Most civil cases run on documents. Bank records, text messages, emails, invoices, logs of who accessed what and when. When something important is missing, the explanation is usually ordinary. A file was misplaced. A phone was replaced. A company purged old records on the schedule it has always followed. Occasionally the explanation is not ordinary...Read More
It is the most common instruction a family lawyer hears. Just ask the kids. They know who they want to live with. Ontario courts do listen to children. But a child’s wishes are one input, not the decision. The gap between those two things is where most parents get caught out. How A Child’s Voice...Read More
A will gets read after the only person who can explain it is gone. Sometimes what sits on the page is plainly not what the family understood was intended. Ontario courts can correct a will in that situation. The power is narrower than most people expect, and it turns on a question that has nothing...Read More
Two weeks ago Ontario changed how bail money works. On the last day of August, a court suspended the change. If you or someone in your family is facing a bail hearing right now, here is where things actually stand. What The New Rules Did For as long as most people have dealt with the...Read More
