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Ontario Superior Court of Justice domestic contract case in which lack of disclosure by the husband was not found.

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News and Views | Milligan’s Criminal Law Advisor

Supreme Court of Canada rules provision of Truth in Sentencing Act violates principles of proportionality in sentencing

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R. v. Giles (2016), [2016] B.C.J. No. 652, 2016 BCSC 294, 2016 CarswellBC 876 (B.C. S.C.) at para. 37 Ross J.)

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Appeal from contempt order was dismissed on grounds that report that appellant sought to admit could have been obtained before hearing and the probative value of the report was not high.

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Sample Legal Memo | Arbitration Clauses

Do arbitration clauses in collective agreements preclude employees from commencing wrongful dismissal claims? Download sample legal memo.

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Malik v. Malik | 2016 CarswellOnt 103 | Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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Epstein’s This Week in Family Law | Medium-Term Marriage

Recent Manitoba Court of Appeal decision that dealt with spousal support in a medium-term marriage.

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Ontario Superior Court of Justice case in which costs were awarded against a government agency.

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Court held workplace policy specifically prohibited employees from disseminating personal information of another employee to third parties without express permission

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Tang v. UFCW, Local 1000A (2016) 2016 CarswellOnt 3534 Ontario Labour Relations Board

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Dimock Stratton's Intellectual Property Law Newsletter | Trademark

This was an appeal of the Registrar's decision to expunge the trademark "MEDINET", registered in association with the goods "computer software programs", for failing to use the mark in the preceding three years. The Federal Court allowed the appeal and ordered the Registrar to maintain the registration.

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Legal Wit — Litigation in the Ditch

The plaintiff who treats a defence motion for summary judgment as a speed bump on the long highway to trial risks crashing its case in the deep ditch of dismissal.

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