AN ANGRY SUICIDE NOTE, A $600,000 LIFE INSURANCE POLICY AND A DISAPPOINTED SPOUSE On a summer evening in 2019, after a day on his boat smoking some hash and drinking vodka, Joseph Joy hung himself. A handwritten note was found in his shorts. It was full of invective against Joanne, his wife of 3 years […]
WHEN SPOUSES ACT VERY BADLY – A BRAND NEW PATH FOR JUSTICE IN ONTARIO Finally. After decades of relative inaction, our civil courts have decided to do something about family violence. A Better Option True, the abused spouse could always lay criminal charges for assault or uttering threats. But the standard for proof in a […]
LIMITED OPTIONS: WHEN YOU ARE A MEMBER OF A UNION Our firm regularly receives inquiries from frustrated unionized employees who have been injured on or off the job, are experiencing harassment, or are battling other legal challenges at their place of work. In most of these cases, the employee feels that the union is not […]
TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES FAIRLY AND DECENTLY OR PAY THE CONSEQUENCES Melanie McGraw is one impressive firefighter. A captain in her local volunteer force in Dundalk, Ontario and its administrative assistant, a part time instructor for the Ontario Fire College, and now a full-time Platoon Chief in Kirkland Lake, her dedication to the fire service is […]
Protecting My Good Name: A Short Guide to Defamation Lawsuits Few things are more offensive than when someone takes down your good name. Someone once said that a lie is half way around the world before the truth even leaves the house. In the age of Twitter and Facebook, this is all the more true. […]
WHEN A REAL ESTATE DEAL COLLAPSES From Owen Sound to Collingwood to Port Elgin and beyond, real estate prices are rocketing. A few years ago, they were collapsing. Volatile prices can lead to bad behaviour both ways – on the part of the buyer and of the seller. Our firm has sued for failed real […]
