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Obiter Dictum

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I remember working at a large law firm in downtown Toronto and ran across a student who was the editor of the Obiter Dictum (oh-bee-ter deek-toom) at their law school.

Inter Partes

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Don't you love it when you are self represented and you have presented your case and feeling proud and then the Judge starts speaking and it seems like Latin, it probably is. I heard a Judge the other day use the term inter partes when he was speaking to the courtroom...

Property Managers Not to Give Legal Advice

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On March 19, 2013 a decision was released by the Superior Court of Justice between The Law Society of Upper Canada v. Mr. Enzo Chiarelli (2013 ONSC 1428 (CanLII)) stating that Property Managers were not to appear at the Landlord and Tenant Board as representatives as...

I am sorry….

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I was in Court last week for a trial and we ended up settling before it started but part of the settlement was an apology.   My friend on the other side kindly introduced me to the Apology Act, 2009. What a fantastic piece of legislation! First off it defines what an...

Constructive Break-up?

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 Within our common law there is a principal that states that an engagement ring is part of a contract, or promise to marry.  The ring is consideration in that contract.  If a man asks a woman to marry him, he will give her a ring.  If she accepts...

A Tree Have Legal Rights?

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As some of you may or may not know, I have three kids.  They are all under eight years old and love the outdoors.  Recently there have been a ton of commercials for kids to join Earth Rangers.  So, naturally I have been hounded to do it.I read...