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. Family LLB 2. PierreRoy & Associés 3. Crossroad Family Law Blog 4. Moly Law Blog 5. Eloise Gratton

Family LLB
Was Spouse’s $515K in Home Down Payments a Gift to the Other Spouse?

Did a man intend to give over a half-million dollars to his spouse, towards the purchase-price of their jointly-owned home? This was the question for the Ontario Court of Appeal recently, where the facts gave rise to a broader examination of how a gift-giving spouse’s intentions, at the time of the funds transfer, are the key to determining whether a valid gift exists in law. …

PierreRoy & Associés
Options d’allègement des dettes d’impôts

Le fait d’avoir travaillé de chèque de paie en chèque de paie toute l’année pour se retrouver avec une dette d’impôt sur le revenu à la fin de l’année peut être assez dévastateur si vous n’avez pas tenu compte de vos impôts. Si c’est le cas pour vous, vous devez vous en occuper dès que possible afin d’éviter les pénalités et les intérêts sur le montant que vous devez. …

Crossroad Family Law Blog
What is parental alienation and how do you assess it?

A family breakdown can cause a child to reject a parent while developing strong alignment with the other parent following separation. This can be due to what psychologists describe as Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) where the efforts of one parent are to indoctrinate the child against the other parent. …

Moly Law Blog
Ontario COVID-19 restrictions lifted, but is this the end of workplace vaccine mandates?

Ontario recently reversed or changed a number of COVID-19-related restrictions. This included increasing or lifting capacity limits effective 17 February 2022. More recently, it announced a plan to lift all indoor capacity limits and vaccine mandate rules effective 1 March 2022. In addition, the Ontario government advised that it is considering lifting mandatory mask rules. …

Eloise Gratton
BLG recrute en protection de la vie privée!

En forte croissance, nous cherchons chez BLG des avocats en protection de la vie privée intéressés à se joindre à notre super équipe de Montréal. Notre équipe offre aux clients des conseils stratégiques et juridiques dans le domaine de la protection de la vie privée par le biais de son groupe sectoriel Respect de la …

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