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Celebrating Canada’s 150th

Thomson Reuters wishes Canada a Happy 150!

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Epstein’s This Week in Family Law | refusal to adjourn

Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice set aside the arbitration award after the arbitrator had refused to grant the father’s third request for adjournment – rather than defer to the arbitrator’s discretion, the court cited the absence of consideration of prejudicial impact of an adjournment, vis-a-vis a refusal to adjourn, and found the father not to have been treated equally and fairly.

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Young Associates Lunch and Learn

Join us on July 26, 2017 to learn how Thomson Reuters legal solutions can help you succeed as a new associate.

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Digest of the Week | Costs Against a Personal Representative

Daughter failed in her role as fiduciary towards her father, and defendants’ posture amounted to more than mistake

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Introducing Proview Federated Search

With ProView Federated Search, you can simultaneously search content on westlaw Canada and nearly 300 eLooseleafs on ProView. View Video.

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Digest of the Week | Compensation for Estate Trustees

Trustees were entitled to reimbursement for disbursements but not to compensation, as they had not presented time dockets and had engaged in troubling conduct with suggestions about trust that were contrary to beneficiary’s interests

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Epstein’s This Week in Family Law | Family Property

Ontario’s Court of Appeal held that the wife who recently learned of her husband’s ten-year affair should not be precluded from seeking a bigger share of family property to reflect the funds he spent for his lover.

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Digest of the Week | Dependants' Relief

By clawing back into father's net estate only that portion of proceeds of life insurance policy in excess of amount required to satisfy father's family law support obligations, funds may be made available to support other dependants while discharging existing support obligations

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Milligan's Criminal Law Advisor | Trafficking Fentanyl

BC Court of Appeal established sentencing range of 18-36 months for street trafficking of fentanyl

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Digest of the Week | Property in Reproductive Material

Deceased freely and repeatedly expressed his consent to wife's use of reproductive material following his death

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Announcing Thomson Reuters and Law Made Partnership

Thomson Reuters and Law Made are partnering to accelerate the advancement of innovation in legal technology in Canada.

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Legal Wit -

In holding as I do, I add as obiter that the distinction between "advice" and "recommendations" can be difficult to describe with clarity.

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