This post concisely summarizes how the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act deals with people deemed inadmissible to Canada for various reasons.

This post describes the procedures a person seeking access to records under freedom of information laws must follow in each jurisdiction in Canada.

This post examines the general principles behind the interpretation of contracts, and an overview of the burden of proof for construction and interpretation.

Reflecting the daily news coverage of bribery and corruption scandals, this month’s post takes a closer look at some of the Criminal Code’s numerous offences relating to corruption, specifically bribery of officials, bribery of officers and frauds on government.

This month’s post features a potpourri of legal issues stemming from the ever-growing world of the internet: an overview of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), a brief look at cyberbullying and harassment, and an examination of crimes against computers systems including hackers, mischief, malware and spyware.

This post looks at Ontario landlord and tenant law, focusing on tenancy agreements, financial issues like security deposits, post-dated cheques and automated payments, the validity of “no pets” clauses, and assigning and subletting.

This post explains Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees the right to life, liberty and security of the person.

Who among us hasn't regretted acts done in the heat of passion? This month’s post explores the partial criminal defence of provocation.

With Valentine’s Day behind us, gifts are on our minds. But here at the Insight blog, we’re more fascinated by the concept of legal gifts. When is something presumed to be a gift? This post looks at presumptions within the context of gifts between husband and wife, parent and child and between strangers, as well as in the purchase of land in the name of another.

With the excess of the holidays behind us, we start off the new year with a look at one of the realities of our consumer society: bankruptcy, specifically consumer proposals. A proposal constitutes an offer made by the debtor to the creditors, which they are free to accept or reject. Although approved by the court and by statute declared to be binding on all creditors, a proposal is in reality only a contract between the parties. Consumer proposals are dealt with under Part III, Division II of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.