by Howard Nightingale | Aug 13, 2019 | Mediation |
Mediation is becoming the legal equivalent of “the next big thing.” It probably is all ready. We are long familiar with it as a means of settling labour strikes by resolving union/government disputes peacefully when strikes have failed to bring about an agreement. Now...
by Howard Nightingale | Jun 18, 2019 | Family Law |
Our previous blog (May 2019) examined the issue of separated and divorced parental alienation – the attempt by parents to gain their children’s love by turning them against the other parent. Sometimes both parents are guilty of some form of parental alienation,...
by Howard Nightingale | May 17, 2019 | Family Law, Federal Court Legislation |
Who is most guilty of parental alienation, the custodial parent, usually the mother, or the access parent, usually the father?Answer: In his Globe and Mail essay, Judge Harvey Brownstone writes, “We judges often see high conflict-cases where both parents badmouth each...
by Howard Nightingale | Mar 27, 2019 | Real Estate Law |
Commercial tenants and their residential counterparts have different needs and accordingly are governed by different legislation. Landlords, whether residential or commercial, have a similar objective, that being a sound investment, part of which is determined by...
by Howard Nightingale | Feb 6, 2019 | Family Law |
Yes, it’s the law! Pot addiction – or to use more precise language – addiction to cannabis – can indeed be grounds for divorce. As we adjust to a new aspect of societal order in which using “pot” is legal, this connection of cannabis to divorce likely...
