PRACTICE AREA: Family

Recent summary judgment which set aside a separation agreement for unconscionability and essential unfairness.

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Recent decision in which a father was denied damages for non-pathological emotional harm caused by unplanned fatherhood.

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Recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in which gifted money placed in a joint account was excluded from net family property.

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Legal Wit — Two Heads Better? Maybe Not

There's an old saying: "Two Heads Are Better Than One".

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Recent joint family venture decision which provides a useful review of the principles of constructive trust and unjust enrichment.

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Recent decision in which a Saskatchewan court refused to retroactively vary a fixed and definite child support agreement.

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Recent Court of Appeal decision in which a contempt order against the mother in a parental alienation case was set aside.

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Recent decision in which a mother’s urgent motion for interim relocation in order to escape domestic violence was granted.

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Legal Wit — The Tax Man's Cut

Who makes more money in Brantford, Ontario? A Doctor? A Lawyer? Or a French fry vendor? That was just one of the questions during this nine day trial which [focused] on everyone — except the tax man — getting their fair share.

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Summarizes an Ontario Court of Appeal case in which the court had to consider the role domestic violence should play in determining best interests of the child.

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Tezcan v. Tezcan | 1992 CarswellBC 1 | British Columbia Court of Appeal

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Summary of recent Alberta case in which claim was made that a lawyer needed to take instruction from both the husband and wife to complete a transaction.

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