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Family Law Lawyer at Mann Lawyers. (Nothing here is legal advice).
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How to Detect and Establish Fraudulent Conveyances in Family Law www.oba.org/Sections/Fam...

Some wonderful appointments today www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

Friendly reminder - March 3, 2025 is the deadline for contributing to an RRSP for the 2024 tax year.

Outlook was down and I’ve never been more productive in my life

Relieved to see there’s an Outlook outage. When my email went down, I thought maybe I’d been laid off.

You will achieve greater success in life by being consistently reliable rather than by being occasionally exceptional.

Supreme Court of Canada moving away from social media platform X www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

You will achieve greater success in life by being consistently reliable rather than by being occasionally exceptional.

New: Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the iconic internet calling and chat service it bought almost 14 years ago

BCCA addresses the identification and division of family and excluded property and the appropriate approach under the BC Family Law Act to the tracing of excluded property that has been co-mingled with family property. Mills v. O’Connor, 2025 BCCA 34 www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcca/d...

The appellant sought to retry the case, but ONCA emphasized that this is not their role. No legal or factual errors were found in the trial judge's assessment. Skrak v. Skrak, 2025 ONCA 143 www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/d...

Vote! That’s it, just vote.

Pet custody battles are becoming more common in Ontario, particularly among millennials www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-are...

Order restricting father's time with child with Down Syndrome must have review mechanism, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-are...

Vote! That’s it, just vote.

Supreme Court of Canada moving away from social media platform X www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

Could a thumbs-up emoji be a legally binding signature? - Thumbs up emoji case could be going to the Supreme Court 👍 www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...?

Does a Claim for Unjust Enrichment Equal Standing to File a Notice of Objection? The Answer is Clear hullandhull.com/2025/02/does...

Justice Canada is conducting a survey on the impact of Divorce Act amendments, seeking feedback from judges, legal advisers, and family justice professionals. The survey is open until March 10, 2025. nsbs.org/society-news...

Whether it be during communication with your client, opposing counsel or the judge, one of the most important skills a lawyer can learn is knowing when to stop talking and to just listen.

ONCA addresses motion in high-conflict family case for panel review of appeal management direction, seeking to set aside requirements for filing transcripts. Motion deemed frivolous and vexatious. Buehlmann-Miyake v. Buhlmann, 2025 ONCA 131 coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca/coa/coa/en/i...

Whether it be during communication with your client, opposing counsel or the judge, one of the most important skills a lawyer can learn is knowing when to stop talking and to just listen.

Justice Canada is conducting a survey on the impact of Divorce Act amendments, seeking feedback from judges, legal advisers, and family justice professionals. The survey is open until March 10, 2025. nsbs.org/society-news...

Privacy experts grappling with automated AI decision making - While AI can improve efficiency, it also triggers consent, transparency, and bias issues, particularly when sensitive personal information is used www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

Dissatisfaction with rulings in a family law dispute does not prove judicial bias: BC Supreme Court www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-are...

Random case of the moment: Justice Sherr: “The Application, Answer/Claim and Reply define the issues in the case and they inform the other party of the case they need to meet. They are not vehicles to provide evidence to the court.” (See para 19 and 27) www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/d...

SCC dismisses application for leave to appeal in 2 family law cases dealing with family assets and jurisdiction. #SCC #familylaw #divorce  decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...

Report commissioned by LSO treasurer says CEO pay hike ‘unusual’ for ‘senior executive role’ www.lawtimesnews.com/resources/pr...

Protecting pets and domestic abuse www.law360.ca/ca/family/ar...

Estate planning is crucial for protecting loved ones, but procrastination often prevents people from taking action. Dying without a will (intestate) subjects assets to provincial laws and regulations www.moneysense.ca/save/financi...

Thank you to all the snow operators tirelessly working across the city cleaning up the roads, sidewalks and driveways after one of the worst storm systems in 20 years. Additionally, heartfelt appreciation to neighbours helping neighbours during this challenging time. 🙏🙏

Respondent's urgent motion to reinstate parenting time with 11-year-old dismissed due to non-compliance and Soberlink test failures. Court addresses balancing parental rights with the child's best interests. Ross v Kenyon, 2025 ONSC 1035 www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/d...

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that new legal proceedings are required to resolve disputes over funds from the sale of a matrimonial home and the ownership of a safe’s contents. www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-are...

Gen Z keen on prenups, while finances play a key role in dating and love lives financialpost.com/wealth/smart...

Thank you to all the snow operators tirelessly working across the city cleaning up the roads, sidewalks and driveways after one of the worst storm systems in 20 years. Additionally, heartfelt appreciation to neighbours helping neighbours during this challenging time. 🙏🙏

For those that celebrated Valentine’s Day—just a heads-up: In 2027, the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day. Consider this your two-year warning to plan ahead.

Damages upheld in case where submissions ‘reflected prejudice antithetical to Canadian values’ irp.cdn-website.com/12e42776/fil...

1. is, IMO, the best 2. is acceptable 3. This means war...

What is the best approach when sending a revised draft of an agreement you're negotiating: 1) Send a Word document with Track Changes 2) Send a clean Word document and a PDF redline 3) Send a clean Word document and let them run their own redline

NS Supreme Court orders father to pay decades of unpaid child support or face jail www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-are...

Supreme Court cases: a look back and look ahead - Judgements, leaves and notables of 2024, and what's to come in 2025 #SCC www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

Is a legal AI breakthrough in sight? - New tools are signalling a shift in the way lawyers will use AI, one that may bring some of the benefits people have been hoping for www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

The Supreme Court of Canada is considering offering mediation services for cases it declines to hear nationalpost.com/news/canada/...?

ONCA upholds ruling voiding will and property transfer over undue influence - The testator willed her home to one of her daughters and named her sole executor www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-are...

ICYMI - Separated spouses are being treated as divorced at the time of death following the fulfillment of a requirement in Ontario’s Succession Law Reform Act on January 1st www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-are...

Excited to follow the Supreme Court of Canada hearing on Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia. It’s a privilege to witness so many brilliant legal minds tackle such an important case! #SCC #familylaw #divorce

Chief Justice Wagner says top court ‘exploring’ provision of mediation in cases where leave to appeal denied #SCC www.law360.ca/ca/articles/...

Absolutely fascinating Canadian case which raises a number of interesting issues as to how English law should deal with these issues too. I think this paragraph in the underlying judgment is particularly interesting.