Marvin Kurz, long-serving national legal counsel for B’nai Brith Canada and its League for Human Rights, has been honoured with Peel Law Association’s (PLA) Lifetime Achievement Award. “The award is based on a substantial contribution made in the practice of law and in the local community by a member of the PLA,” said Rae White, […]
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Anti-gay pamphlets broke law
OTTAWA—In an important decision that upheld the main anti-hate provisions in Saskatchewan’s human rights law, Canada’s top court ruled vitriolic anti-gay speech in flyers distributed by a Christian activist is not protected by the Charter. In doing so, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously struck down a small part of the province’s human rights code […]
Read MoreWills and Power of Attorney
The following summary is for information purposes and very important to all Ontario residents, for Simple Wills and Powers of Attorney for Personal Care/Health and for Property are required in Ontario and if you fail to have such documents prepared, then it is a most costly exercise to have your property and/or estate left and […]
Read MoreHENSON TRUSTS AND WILLS
A Henson Trust is a methodology by which a person making a Will (the testator) makes provisions for a disabled beneficiary, usually a child, without jeopardizing the beneficiaries’ ongoing government assistance. The most common scenario is a disabled child who is receiving monies under the Ontario Disability Support Plan (ODSP). The ODSP program will reduce […]
Read MoreDEPENDENT RELIEF CLAIMS WHAT IF YOUR COMMONLAW SPOUSE LEAVES YOU NOTHING IN HIS/HER WILL
Under the Succession Law Reform Act, a deceased is forced to make adequate provision for their dependents upon their death. Section 58 of the Succession Law Reform Act states: Where a deceased.has not made adequate provision for the proper support of his dependents,the court.may order such (support) as it considers adequate Dependents means the spouse, […]
Read MoreSuccession Planning: Lowering Your Beneficiaries Tax Bill on the Cottage
Succession planning is a field of law that deals with wills, probate and estate planning after a person dies. This field of law is largely governed by the Succession Law Reform Act in Ontario but there are a number of other factors that should be considered. One very important consideration is tax, specifically capital gains […]
Read MoreApplying to Remove an Estate Trustee: Replacing Executors
There are a number of reasons why a party would want to remove or replace an estate trustee. In this blog post I want to canvas the important elements that the court will look at when an application for a appointment of a new trustee is brought. I will also look at some of the […]
Read MoreBuying Your First Home
Despite the economic doom and gloom in the rest of the economy, the real estate market in Peel Region is alive and well. Realtors and mortgage professionals report of an upswing in activity. The combination of historically low interest rates and plentiful inventory of quality resale homes at slightly depressed prices has enticed many buyers […]
Read MoreInteresting disputes occur when the wording in Real Estate Agreements of Purchase and Sale for properties are not clear and such wording is ambiguous.
This occurs when chattels and fixtures are either included or excluded. For example there have been legal cases where the wording that built in cupboards, bookcases or other such items were included but in fact were not attached to the premises, did not form the requisite definition of fixtures but were chattels, and if that […]
Read MoreFor clients of Dale
For clients of Dale, Streiman Law LLP, in our Real Estate Department, we are faced with issues involving purchases with houses that had been in the past insulated with Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation (UFFI). This product installation in houses for insulation purposes was considered dangerous to the homeowner’s health but the installation ended in the […]
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