Category: Interviews

It is a question that virtually all separating couples will ask at some point: if we are no longer a couple, who should live where? More particularly clients want to know if moving out of the family home will impact the settlement of the property before their divorce or separation is finalised.

Should one of us move out? Should I buy a new property? What happens if we have an investment property together? Does it matter if my name is on the title? Who pays the mortgage if only one party moves out? Should we sell our property? What if

An Amherstview, Ont., lawyer has had his license to practice law revoked by the Law Society Tribunal.

Barry Stephen Bien must cease practicing law immediately, after several cases of professional misconduct.

In the decision made last month, the law society found that from 2016 to 2019, Bien had been absent from court proceedings, as well as not notifying clients of their court dates on cases that included child custody matters.

The society also found that Bien had failed to submit documents

Donald Trump defense attorney Joe Tacopina has been hitting the airwaves to cast aspersions on a potential indictment of his client in the Stormy Daniels hush money investigation.

But here’s the rub, as New York University law professor Ryan Goodman points out: Before Daniels hired Michael Avenatti as her attorney, the porn star approached Tacopina about representing her — and an attorney-client relationship was established at the point of that consultation, even though he ultimately did not represent her.

Under the American Bar Association’s rules of professional conduct, Tacopina’s duties include not representing another client with adverse interests to

The United Kingdom government has proposed a contentious new law that would allow authorities to deport people arriving on its shores via small boats across the English Channel that divides the island from France.

Several charities and human rights groups have criticized the plan – known as the Illegal Migration Bill – saying it criminalizes the efforts of thousands of genuine refugees.

The announcement this week comes after the UK’s conservative government made stopping boat arrivals a top priority. Last year, the government made it a criminal offense for individuals to arrive in the UK without a visa or special

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 16, 2023 / International WELL Building Institute

As part of its signature interview series, IWBI met with Steve Haszard of Meredith Connell to learn more about how the law firm’s headquarters prioritized health and well-being

In a pandemic-era world, how does a business compete with working from the comfort of home, a cafe or even a favorite park bench? And how do you create a working environment that’s the best place for top lawyers to thrive while working?

This was a challenge at hand for New Zealand law firm Meredith Connell (MC).

Celebrating the

A new city by-law in North Bay bars people from feeding pigeons. City councillors adopted the proposed by-law after receiving complaints from residents.

These complaints include health concerns and property damage from an increase in the pigeon population.

These increased populations, the city said, are a direct result of feeding. Many locations that have never had pigeons now have increasing populations due to a single feeding site.

Following in the footsteps of other municipalities, the city passed the no-feeding pigeon by-law. It now allows by-law officers to go to pigeon-feeding sites and stop the activity. It also restricts people from

See below this judgment from 20 December 2022 on the merits and limitations of annual vacation entitlements.

Summary

• On 20 December 2022, the German Federal Labor Court (“BAG”) ruled that the entitlement to statutory minimum vacation is only subject to the three-year year statute of limitations if the employer has (i) previously informed its employees about their specific vacation entitlements and that the vacation will lapse if they do not take it and (ii) the employee then freely decides not to take them (See judgment – 9 AZR 266/20).
• If the employer fails to do so, the corresponding vacation claims