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Archives : July 2017

Digest of the Week | Incapacity and Guardianship

Mother, age 90, suffered from Alzheimer’s disease -- Her four children could not agree on her care -- M and A applied for declaration of mother’s incapacity and their appointment as guardians of her personal care and property

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Sample Family Legal Memo | Ordinarily Resident

How is the term “ordinarily resident” interpreted with respect to the Divorce Act?

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Police Powers | Exigent Circumstances

Concern for officer safety constituted exigent circumstances resulting in delay in providing access to counsel

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Milligan's Criminal Law Advisor | Cash Bail

Supreme Court of Canada confirms that a recognizance has the same coercive effect as cash bail

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Digest of the Week | Intestate Succession

Although unusual, it was possible for person who dies without will to leave behind two or even more persons who might qualify as "spouse" under WESA for purposes of intestate estate distribution

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