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Sea to Sky Law
- Sep 17
- 1 min
Relationships Are Like Flowers- There is a Huge Variety
Relationships are like flowers - there is a huge variety. Like flowers, at first relationships are attractive and colorful and...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Sep 16
- 1 min
What is Justice, Just a predictable result, or Is It a Point Being Made?
What is Justice, Just a predictable result, or Is It a Point Being Made? I encourage you to see the movie And Justice For All - think...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Sep 14
- 1 min
Who Gets To Be The Guardian After the Parents Separate
Recently achieved a significant victory at the Port Coquitlam Family Court for a father, namely an Order that he has sole Guardianship...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Sep 13
- 1 min
Document Interpretation
Document Interpretation - what a document means - is the greatest challenge when drafting and the subject of many court cases. Our...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Sep 12
- 1 min
Solving Family Disputes by Agreement Before Court
Have you heard about the new BC Provincial Court Family Law Process = the Early Resolution and Case Management process? It is like...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Sep 12
- 1 min
Do I have to share my Assets?
Question: Are family assets divided differently upon separation if you are common-law and not married? Answer: The 1867 British North...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Sep 3
- 1 min
Guardianship
Guardianship under the BC 2013 Family Law Act because if you are not a Guardian then you cannot have Parenting Responsibilities etc; you...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Sep 2
- 1 min
Tort of negligence
The tort of negligence was again clarified and confirmed in the recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision of Nelson (City) v. Marchi,...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Conflict of Interest?
What does it mean when a lawyer says there is a conflict of interest? Why do I have to show ID and retain a lawyer before getting my...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Aug 31
- 1 min
Custody Orders
QUESTION: If a parent has a custody order but has not exercised the custody leaving the children in the care of non-custodial parents;...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Aug 30
- 1 min
SAVE MONEY WITH LEGAL ADVICE
Two newspaper articles that were in the Vancouver Sun about two different legal claims being dismissed emphasize the need for good legal...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Aug 29
- 1 min
IMMIGRATION DUE DILIGENCE
On 20 May 2023 the Canadian Press reported that our Federal Court upheld a 2022 decision of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Aug 28
- 1 min
Builders Lien
Builders Lien - leverage created by legislation to allow several categories of contributors to the land, including workers and material...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Aug 27
- 1 min
DEFAMATION versus FAIR COMMENT
The recent decision of Hansman v. Neufeld, 2023 SCC 14 by our Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on 19 May 2023 is a good example of the...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Aug 26
- 1 min
What I bring to the marriage....
The emotion in a family separation is usually related to two major subjects - children and money. This post is about the division of...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Aug 25
- 1 min
Am I late?
CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS Did you know that child support, since it is the right of the child, is a priority for the courts to calculate and...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Aug 24
- 1 min
Retroactivity
NOTE - our Supreme Court of Canada, our highest court in Canada, has clarified the law about retroactive child support and made other...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Aug 23
- 1 min
Small business expenses
Often small businesses try to save money by hiring contractors instead of employees. Employees cost their employer CPP and EI...
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Sea to Sky Law
- Aug 22
- 1 min
Family Disputes?
Have you heard about the new BC Provincial Court Family Law Process = the Early Resolution and Case Management process ? This new family...
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