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Summary Judgment: A Glimpse into Mini Trials

Katie — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:12:45 +0000

The Toronto Dominion Bank v. 466888 Ontario Limited et al., 2010 ONSC 3798

In this decision, Justice Lederer considers the burden of each party on a motion for summary judgment and provides additional insight into how counsel may effectively make use of rule 20.01 and the mini-trial.

Brief outline of the case

The Plaintiff bank brought a motion [...]

Yet Another Reason NOT To Take the Role of Estate Trustee too Lightly

Katie — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:31:18 +0000

Those of us who have been asked by friends and relatives to act as the executor (now officially called an “Estate Trustee” in Ontario) of their estate cannot help but be flattered by such an honour. The thought of someone thinking so highly of us that they would trust us with the management and final [...]

Proposed Changes to Federal Skilled Workers Program

Katie — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:05:16 +0000

Individuals over the age of 35 and/or those persons possessing lower official language skills, who are interested in immigrating to Canada through the Federal Skilled Workers Program ought to consider applying as soon as possible before proposed changes to the program come into effect.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is proposing to make significant changes to [...]

Ontario’s New Brain Gain Project

Katie — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:59:53 +0000

Ontario has initiated a new pilot project that aims to encourage the retention of highly skilled professionals by allowing their non-Canadian spouses, common-law partners and/or dependants the right to work in Ontario immediately upon arrival in Canada.

Currently, Canadian citizens or permanent residents may sponsor their non-Canadian spouses, common-law partners and/or dependants for permanent residency in [...]

New Temporary Foreign Worker Regulations

Katie — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:03:09 +0000

Further to Amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR)[1], made pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Act[2], for the first time in Canada, employers will be held responsible for not only their own non-compliance, but also the non-compliance of their TFW employees.

The penalties for non-compliance will be harsh – businesses found to [...]

Canada Immigration Processing Times Dropping

Katie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:14:10 +0000

Due to the recent efforts of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), processing times for a number of immigrant application tracks to Canada have been significantly reduced.

Processing times for the Federal Skilled Worker track (allowing Permanent Residency via the economic class in the Asia and Pacific offices have been reduced as follows:

2010 Processing Times in [...]

Illinois and the Death Penalty

Katie — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:04:26 +0000

The State of Illinois is on the cusp of joining fifteen other American states in banning the death penalty. States that have abolished the death penalty include Alaska, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Puerto Rico. The remaining U.S. [...]

Immigrating to Canada Through a Job Offer

Katie — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:41:14 +0000

There are many paths to immigrate to Canada. Unfortunately, the paths are often circuitous, convoluted and difficult to navigate. The silver-lining of this patchwork approach is that qualified candidates can utilize various tracks open to skilled workers, on which Canada’s growing economy relies.

One of these tracks is the Arranged Employment track through the Federal Skilled [...]

Canada Accepting Immigrant Investor Visas (Again!)

Katie — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:55:21 +0000

On December 1, 2010 Citizenship and Immigration Canada revived its federal Immigrant Investor Program and is once again accepting applications for Canada immigrant visas.

Mr. Jason Kenny, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, had previously suspended the Immigrant Investor Program (“IIP”) in June, 2010 due to the overwhelming number of applications for immigrant visas (“IIP visa”), [...]

” … Quite Literally, from Around the World”

Katie — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:27:49 +0000

The Hague Academy of International Law [1] (“Academy”), which was founded in 1914 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is hosting its two prestigious post-graduate programmes this coming summer in the Netherlands between the months of July and August, 2011. Held in the Peace Palace, which is also home to the International Court of [...]