Insurance Policies For Online Fraud Are Not Always The Answer

The City of Saskatoon made national headlines in August, 2019 for reasons they would rather forget. City Administration admitted an employee had…

Increased Reporting Requirements Coming for CBCA Corporations

For lawyers. “forum shopping” usually means locating a lawsuit in a jurisdiction or with a court that may be sympathetic to your…

Permitted Keyword Advertising in Canadian Trademark Law

One of the basics of trademark law is “use”. It is important in several ways, but a major one is testing whether…

Who Pays the Bills During Separations? A Look at Expenses Related to the Family Home

The family home is central to everyday family life, but when a separation occurs, the home can also become central to litigation…

Is there extra child support for swimming lessons?

When people think of child support, they often think about what’s called the table amount. The table amount covers day-to-day expenses like…

How Much Is Child Support? The Three Things You Need To Know

Are you curious about how much child support you should receive each month? Or, on the flip-side, whether you’re paying more than…

The Cost of Adultery: The Story of the $30,000,000 Affair

People often approach me with questions about the result adultery can have on their marital relationship or post-separation situations. Most people believe…

Family Maintenance – More than Just Spousal and Child Support

A recent decision from the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench, Anderson v. Anderson, 2018 SKQB 182, seems to clarify the broad scope…

Separating Parents and Language Rights for their Francophone Children

Canadian law recognizes that language is not simply a means of communication: it colours the content and meaning of expression itself. It…

Is Your Condominium Corporation Ready for the Legalization of Marijuana?

I have been approached by many condominium corporations who are concerned about the rapidly approaching legalization of marijuana. When passed, the proposed…

Can You Use Your Dead Spouse’s Reproductive Material To Conceive A Child?

It sounds like science fiction; but, now more than ever, people are having children through “non-traditional” means. Whether through assisted insemination, intracytoplasmic…

“Not the Momma!” – A Comment on Reproductive Rights for Gestational Carriers

There are issues in family law that seem to be popping up more and more frequently. As family law practitioners, it is…