Home / Insights

Insights

Miller Thomson has uniquely Canadian insights on the latest legal and business trends and developments, and how they affect you and your organization.

Filter

Filter Options
Displaying 1321-1330 of 1687

COVID-19: Emergency preparedness and communications

March 11, 2020 | Gillian Tuck Kutarna, Nadya Tymochenko

Morning Recess Education Law Newsletter

On March 9, 2020 we presented an urgent “Morning Recess” webinar summarizing for our school board clients their legal rights and responsibilities in the face of the global spread of the COVID-19 virus.  Please contact us if you would like […]

More

Back to Basics: Top ten tips to run a condo board meeting

March 10, 2020 | Jason Rivait

MT Condominium & Strata Brief

Board meetings often have much to address within time constraints and all Board members play a key role in maintaining focus on efficiencies and productivity. With this in mind, we have created our top ten tips for running a Board […]

More

Applying the reasonableness standard to Indigenous consultation requirements

March 9, 2020 | Megan Young

EnviroNotes!

Assessing the implications of Coldwater v. Trans Mountain on major resource project approvals in Canada On February 4, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal released its decision in Coldwater v. Trans Mountain, 2020 FCA 34 (“Coldwater”), considering legal challenges to […]

More

Occupier’s liability and relationships – troubling times

March 6, 2020 | David LeDrew

Lloyd's Brief: Canadian Legal Perspectives

In Nolet v. Fischer, 2020 ONCA 155, the Ontario Court of Appeal weighed in on a relatively novel occupiers’ liability issue and may have created a new avenue for people to sue their former significant others. In this case, David […]

More

Recap: lien modernization provisions under the Construction Act – practical tips

March 5, 2020 | Elyse Calvi, Richard MacGregor

Breaking Ground: MT Construction Law Ontario Edition

It has been almost two years since the first wave of changes to Ontario’s Construction Lien Act (now called the Construction Act) (the “Act”) came into force and modernized the province’s lien and holdback rules. As the dust settles and […]

More

Updates to trust provisions of Construction Act

March 5, 2020 | Elyse Calvi, Richard MacGregor

Breaking Ground: MT Construction Law Ontario Edition

Part II of the Construction Act (“Act”) sets out statutory rights, in addition to lien rights, with respect to the financing and use of project funds in the construction pyramid.  Specifically, subsection 7(1) prescribes an “owner’s trust,” and subsection 8(1) […]

More

Negotiating terms beyond standard forms

March 4, 2020 | Karen L. Weslowski, Stefanie Gladders

MT Insurance Law Blog

A recent decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court (Surespan Structures Ltd. v. Lloyds Underwriters, 2020 BCSC 27) confirms that when insurance companies negotiate the terms of a policy beyond their standard forms or precedents, they must beware of failing to […]

More

CRA further circumscribes trust 21-year planning strategies involving non-resident beneficiaries

March 3, 2020 | Stephen Sweeney, TEP

Wealth Matters

Subsection 107(2) of the Income Tax Act[1] generally provides for a tax-deferred rollout of capital property held by the trustees of a Canadian-resident personal trust to their capital beneficiaries in satisfaction of their capital interests in the trust. This rollover […]

More

Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal confirms award of entire quarter-million dollar estate for teenage children under the Saskatchewan Dependants’ Relief Act

March 3, 2020 | Jonathan Martin

Wealth Matters

In Lutz Estate v Lutz, 2020 SKCA 14, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan confirmed that under certain circumstances, “reasonable provision” under the Saskatchewan Dependants’ Relief Act (“DRA”) may require the entire estate being used towards the support of dependant […]

More

Executor releases: the parameters on what is possible

March 3, 2020 | Gwenyth Stadig

Wealth Matters

Introductory comments about executor releases Is it appropriate for an executor to ask beneficiaries to sign a release and indemnity prior to receiving a distribution from an estate? Although non-indemnified executors may face potential personal liability for their work as […]

More

Displaying 1321-1330 of 1687

Disclaimer

This blog sets out a variety of materials relating to the law to be used for educational and non-commercial purposes only; the author(s) of this blog do not intend the blog to be a source of legal advice. Please retain and seek the advice of a lawyer and use your own good judgement before choosing to act on any information included in the blog. If you choose to rely on the materials, you do so entirely at your own risk.