Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Legal Feeds 2. Rule of Law 3. The Lean Law Firm 4. Lash Condo Law 5. Reconcili-Action YEG

Legal Feeds
Sexual harassment not severable from constructive dismissal claim: Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

The limitation period of a claim of constructive dismissal from sexual harassment commences from the date of termination of employment, not of the alleged sexual harassment, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has ruled. In HFX Broadcasting Inc. v. Cochrane, 2022 NSCA 67, Lindsay Cochrane was hired by Halifax-based HFX Broadcasting in 2017 to host a morning show on a radio station. Cochrane claimed that HFX had a “toxic work environment” and that she suffered repeated sexual and non-sexual harassment. She claimed that this amounted to constructive dismissal. …

Rule of Law
Cottrell v. Cottrell

When assisting clients in creating trusts to benefit their children, I am sometimes asked about potential claims that a child’s spouse might make to trust assets if there is a breakdown of the child’s marriage or marriage-like relationship. Typically, the parent is concerned that if she puts assets into a trust to benefit her children, the trusts in fact benefit the children and not future ex-spouses of any child. I can’t give a definitive answer to that question, but a recent decision provides some comfort to parents creating trusts for their children, provided that the trust does not give the child the right to distributions or control of the trust. The case is Cottrell v. Cottrell, 2022 BCSC 1607. …

The Lean Law Firm
E158: Does your sales script weed out the clients you don’t want?

When it comes to marketing and sales for your law firm, it’s easy to get caught up in the numbers and the desire to land as many clients as possible in the shortest time. As we reminded you in tip #153, you need to target the people you most want to work with—your ideal clients—to make the best use of your resources and achieve greater success. …

Lash Condo Law
Condominium Deposit Interest

As a result of the recent rise in interest rates, purchasers of condominium units will now receive interest on their deposits. A proposed change to the Condominium Act regulations that was to come into effect on January 1, 2023, was revoked on October 21, 2022. These proposed regulations would have resulted in further increases interest payments on deposits. …

Reconcili-Action YEG
Remembrance Day 2022: Interview with Nathaniel Sukhdeo

This week, our authors have been commemorating the actions of Indigenous Veterans including the significant contributions of the Cree Code talkers, and examining through a lens of reconciliation the additional sacrifice these soldiers made through their loss of status and benefits. …

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