Canada: Family Law

Torts, Defamation, Civil Procedure, Anti-SLAPP, Damages, Costs, Self-Represented Litigants, Full Indemnity, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.43, s. 136.1, Human Rights...

Estate planners (and litigators) often encounter families who have made informal verbal agreements about how assets are to be dealt with on death. While oral agreements may seem convenient and cost-effective at the time they are made, they all-too-frequently lead to disputes down the road

Can a text message sent by a will-maker alter a will? In Paige v Noel, 2025 BCCA 358 ("Paige"), the British Columbia Court...

The Provincial Court of British Columbia has released its 2024-25 Annual Report, providing new insight into how separating families are resolving disputes across the province.

Le 15e Séminaire annuel sur les régimes de retraite et les avantages sociaux, qui s'est tenu le 22 octobre 2025...

Child support is one of the most common topics in family law, but what what happens when a parent refuses to pay? That was the situation in a recent case in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in which a father...

Summary: The parties were married in April 2010 and separated in October 2023. Ms. Swimm filed a Petition for Divorce soon after. There are two dependent children.

When a person's death is the result of someone else's fault, such as in a car crash or slip and fall, the deceased's next-of-kin usually...

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