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EXPARTE ORDERS IN FAMILY LAW
Sometimes, I have family clients who want an urgent motion for relief without even notice to the opposing party. This is called an ex...
Shankar Law Office
May 25, 20243 min read
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TO PLEA OR NOT TO PLEA WHEN FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES?
If charged with a criminal offence, you will face a decision with consequences that can reverberate throughout the rest of your life: do...
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Apr 16, 20244 min read
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Should Youth Records Be Disclosed After Conviction?
From time to time this question arises amongst some of my clients. It appears to be a difficult answer. So I have done the research and I...
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Mar 25, 20243 min read
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Another Look at a Partition and Sale Case:
Recently, the Superior Court agreed that a partition and sale with joint tenants cannot go ahead under the Partition and Sale Act because...
Shankar Law Office
Dec 15, 20233 min read
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A Person's Capacity for Involuntary Treatment and for Their Finances:
Sometimes, I am asked to represent clients whom either a hospital or relatives allege are unable to voluntarily make decisions about...
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Nov 16, 20232 min read
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Forcing the Partition and Sale of a Jointly Owned Matrimonial Home
I used to think that this area was clearcut. I still believe so but there seem to be varying decisions from various Superior Courts. One...
Shankar Law Office
Oct 9, 20232 min read
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Sex Assault Cases: Should I or Should I Not Call the Accused to Testify on His or Her Own Behalf?
The criminal court system is flooded by sex assault cases. As a lawyer, we take on several sex assault cases in our office. Attached is a...
Shankar Law Office
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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How Not to be "Taken to the Cleaners"
As this title states, it implies that one or both parties at the end of a divorce of a couple or separation for a non-married couple are...
Shankar Law Office
Nov 18, 20223 min read
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Going Through a Child Protection Case? Don't Lose Hope.
Justice Sherr just released an empowering decision in Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. N.G ., 2022 ONCJ 235 For any family going...
Shankar Law Office
Jun 15, 20223 min read
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Unequal Division of Net Family Property: A High Bar to Achieve
Sometimes, clients ask me if, based on poor spending habits by the other party, they can have their net family property unequally divided...
Shankar Law Office
Jan 15, 20223 min read
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Don't Change the Status Quo Based on the COVID-19 Excuse!
In this decision just released , the Court refuted the stance of the mother that there was a need to diverge from the pre-pandemic status...
Shankar Law Office
Dec 16, 20211 min read
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Common law and Unjust Enrichment Trust Claim
Here is a recent case that I have been successful in. The motion argument lasted for an hour. The main and only point in the argument...
Shankar Law Office
Dec 8, 20212 min read
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Credibility and Reliability: What Does it Mean?
R. v. H.A. , 2021 ONSC 6916, is a recent case by Justice Bell that goes into the issues of credibility and reliability. In any trial,...
Shankar Law Office
Nov 10, 20213 min read
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