Personal Injury Claims for Children
No matter how hard we try though, we can’t always prevent injuries and accidents from happening
Author: Renée Vinett – Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP
We can all agree that our children are the most precious treasures we have in life. That’s why we do everything we can to keep them safe and out of danger. No matter how hard we try though, we can’t always prevent injuries and accidents from happening…[+]
Dispatches from the family law sector: Limited Scope Retainer
Author: Anita Lerek – Planet-Legal
According to York University law professor, Trevor Farrow, “Almost half (48.4 per cent) of Canadians over 18 will experience at least one civil or family justice problem over any given three-year period.”
(Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Overview Report.)…[+]
Preparing For Mediation
Author: Stuart Rudner – Rudner Law
As I discussed in a recent Canadian HR Law post, when it comes to mediation, one thing that interests me is the different ways that parties and their lawyers prepare (or don’t prepare) for mediation. The failure to prepare properly is often the difference between a successful mediation and an unsuccessful one…. [+]
Adoptions: To review or not to review
Final or Not?
Author: Robert Shawyer – Shawyer Family Law & Mediation
The issue of adoption has recently made headlines across the country. In Prince Edward Island and now in many other provinces, questions are being raised as to whether unwed parents were coerced either psychologically and/or physically into giving up their children for adoption. The accounts of those who are coming forward, if true, raise many troubling questions… [+]
It Takes A Village: Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal and the Lingering Debate over Accommodating Parental Responsibilities
When an employer must accomodate parental responsibilities
Author: Stuart Rudner & Shaun Bernstein – Rudner Law
Life as a working parent is never an easy balance. While parents from all walks of life manage to make it work out of necessity, there are inevitably some missed piano recitals or sporting events because of work commitments, and conversely missed work opportunities to ensure a cheering and supportive presence at the next hockey game. Yet when that hockey game is actually a doctor’s appointment, and no one else is available to take the child to the appointment, the priorities naturally shift from work to home…[+]