Mobility/Relocation – British Columbia enacts Relocation Guidelines
Cases concerning one parent who wishes to move residences with the child are some of the most complex and hard-fought in all of family law. Often, the parent attempting to move has repartnered with someone living elsewhere or has […]
Bolton With a Car
A personal injury case out of British Columbia deals with commercial liability. It is uncommon that a business could be tagged with liability in a personal injury claim when that business is not tied to the operation of the […]
Sexual Assault Survivors – Knowing Your Rights
An initiative by Alberta Justice and Solicitor General has been developed to provide resource cards to those Albertans who report sexual violence. The resource cards will be distributed by the police service in order to help ensure sexual assault […]
How Automobile Insurers Use Independent Medical Examinations and Expert Bias
Imagine having to suffer and endure serious and chronic injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident due to no fault of your own, and then undeservingly labeled a “malingerer” or the like by an insurer’s “independent” medical examiner […]
Children Gone Wild: Who Pays When Your Kid Goes to Jail?
In a recent case out of Ontario, Vidal v Dunn, 2018 ONSC 2801, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered whether Section 7 child support expenses include legal costs and penalties related to a child’s crime.
Section 7 of […]
Medical Aid in Dying
Carter v. Canada, 2015 SCC 5, is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision, with no dissenting opinions and a judgement written by “The Court”.
The issue for the Court to consider was whether the prohibition on medical aid […]