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Word of the Week | Open Adoptions

British Columbia Birth Registration No. 2009-44498, Re |2016 CarswellBC 267 | British Columbia Supreme Court

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Recent British Columbia Court of Appeal case in which the parties were found to be in a marriage-like relationship.

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Supreme Court holds mandatory minimum sentence infringes right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment

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Epstein’s This Week in Family Law | Variation Based on Material Change

Recent support case which dealt with the distinction between a review provision and a variation based on material change.

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A recent decision of Supreme Court of Canada allowing a motion to strike the affidavit of an expert.

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Watt v. Health Sciences Assn. (2015), 2015 CarswellBC 3869, 2015 BCSC 2468 (B.C. S.C.) at para. 10 Punnett J.)

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Digest of the Week | Dependent Contractors

This digest highlights a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision where workers were found to be dependent contractors entitled to reasonable notice.

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Computer Enhancement Corp. v. J.C. Options (2016) 28 C.C.E.L. (4th) 14, 2016 CarswellOnt 952, 2016 ONSC 452 Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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Word of the Week | Withdrawn from Parental Control

L. (N.) v. M. (R.R.) | 2016 ONSC 809 | Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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Ontario Court of Appeal case in which the test for imputed income was not found to be met.

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Word of the Week | Lockdowns

R. v. Oates (2012) | 2012 CarswellOnt 9022 | Ontario Court of Justice

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Digest of the Week - Federal Paramountcy in Bankruptcy

Secured creditor applied pursuant to s. 243(1) of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) for appointment of receiver over substantially all assets of debtor — Debtor was "farmer" within meaning of Saskatchewan Farm Security Act (FSA), and contested appointment

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