Renting A Room In Your Home
People often rent-out rooms in their home. This is becoming particularly common in Alberta with the decline of our economy, and is of course, particularly common in cities and towns with Universities and Colleges. The Residential Tenancies Act sets out specific rules and regulations for rental accommodations, but does not [...]
Joint Title: Casually Giving Away Matrimonial Property Exemptions
Are you giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars in exemptions under the Matrimonial Property Act? This past month I gave a presentation to lawyers regarding Family Law and Divorce in Alberta. The seminar was on behalf of the Legal Education Society of Alberta. The presentation was pretty wide-ranging, but [...]
Divorce: Dangers of International Travel
How Safe is a Divorce "Travel Letter"? Are you divorced or separated? The case of a Calgary mother having her daughter taken to Iran without her knowledge highlights concerns over intentional travel post-separation or divorce. The mother in that case did not agree for her child to travel outside of [...]
Distracted Driving Law in Alberta
Being new to the legal profession, I find that my friends and family (and just about everybody I have ever met), ask me about different legal issues. One of the most common issues I am asked about is the new distracted driving laws, so here it goes: Communication: A driver [...]
From Cognition to Axiom: The Development of the “Un-Law Firm”
"Uber". The next big thing is always "The Uber of…" So it's no shock that at last summer's CBA National Conference guest speaker Leonard Brody made the assertion that there was, as he spoke, an "Uber" development for lawyers that we would be foolish not to see coming. And it's [...]
Rob Harvie – Guest Blogger With National Self-Represented Litigants Project
Rob Harvie, is an Advisory Board Member with the National Self-Represented Litigants Project. In conjunction with this role, he assisted in carrying out a brief survey of Access to Justice efforts and the extent to which they include the voice of actual consumers of legal services in responding to the [...]