Sometimes, in family cases, bad faith and unreasonable behaviour are indicia for increased costs. What exactly do we mean by “bad faith...

The short answer is yes! This was affirmed recently in a case called Bailey-Lewis v. Lewis, 2020 ONSC 7525 by Faieta, J. A person with an...

I have clients who ask me to represent them for charges of impaired. One wonders if police officers have reasonable and probable grounds...

Justice Chappel in Corcios v Burgess, 2011 ONSC 3326 laid out the following principles that are still followed to date on how to...

This is the lesson given loud and clear in Beaulieu v. Diotte , 2020 ONSC 6787 by Justice Mackinnon. The respondent unilaterally overheld...

Often times, once a relationship goes downhill, one of the parties may react negatively and post numerous negative postings on the...

Should the courts in appropriate family law cases disregard the separate legal personality of a corporate entity where, in the latter...

In Eddy v. Erb, 2020 ONCJ 383, Justice Schwarzl went into this issue and gave the tests for setting aside a default.

...determining how a final custody order may be changed if at all at the interim stage.

If there is a dispute regarding a matrimonial home, and parties are unable to agree to its disposition, the Court may well order a sale

The party should explain IN DETAIL the reasons for not being able to follow the order and should give detailed evidence

How credible is the witness? How reliable is the witness? These terms often are responsible for the Judge basing his decision on the witness

The lawyer initially represented the Society. Later on, he represented the father. The Society asked for his removal for various reasons.