If you are starting a new business venture or have an existing business that you personally operate, as a sole proprietor, it may be beneficial to consider incorporating a company. While there are a number of considerations, two of the major advantages of incorporating a company is the limited li...
Bankrupt Shareholders and the Anti-Deprivation Rule Post-Chandos
In preparing a unanimous shareholders agreement, parties are encouraged to consider a number of possible scenarios in order to attempt to create some consensus and provide certainty in how a corporation and its shareholders will respond to those scenarios. Chief among those considerations are the...
Michel v Graydon & Saskatchewan’s Family Maintenance Act, 1997: Downfall of the DBS Principle? Not Quite
Source: The Saskatchewan Advocate - March 2021
Authors: Carlynn Block & Jason Brunton
In September of 2020, as the summer months came to a close and our children returned to in-class learning, the Supreme Court of Canada quietly published their reasons for judg...
The Children’s Law Act: What You Need to Know about Assisted Reproduction
The Childrens Law Act, 2020, SS 2020, c 2 (“Act”) came into force on March 1, 2021. The Act updates the previous legislation, The Children’s Law Act 1997 to reflect the realities of assisted reproduction, such as surrogacy, sperm donation or egg donation....
