Legal Articles
July 19, 2019
One of the most important parts of a parenting plan separated or divorced parents should consider is how to divide the holiday times with their children. Holiday times are often times spent with extended family and when important childhood memories […]
August 14, 2019
If you have a lawyer, accountant and financial planner, you will have been reminded about the importance of having a written will. An equally important question is how you notify your executor where your original will is located. If you […]
September 19, 2019
When you face an unexpected problem where do you turn for advice? Increasingly we as a society turn to the internet – Google, Youtube, Reddit, and so forth – for our first point of contact when we face the unexpected […]
October 17, 2019
If you are a business owner, you might reach a point with your company where you need to obtain financing from a financial institution, in order to purchase land or new equipment, provide cash flow for growth, or to remove […]
November 13, 2019
Buying a business can be an exciting adventure. It can also be an intimidating process because there’s so much to consider: financing the purchase, marketing and growing your new business, retaining customers, transitioning employees, etc. How do you balance all […]
December 27, 2019
Last month’s legal brief presented 2 ways to buy a business: (1) purchase the shares of the company or (2) purchase the assets of the company. In that article I discussed a share purchase and some of the pros and […]
January 16, 2020
“Severance” is a word that often arises when employment ends. In my work I mostly see the word severance come up in a question: Am I required to pay a severance package? Should I be getting more severance? Is this […]
March 2, 2020
On January 1, 2020 the new Family Property Act came into effect. While there has long been legislation deciding how married spouses will divide their property when they separate, there has not previously been legislation for dividing property between unmarried […]
May 19, 2020
The Covid19 virus has led to many changes in our world. Physical distancing, self isolation, increased promotion of on-line purchasing and curb side pickups are a few of the changes we have seen not only in Medicine Hat but around […]
June 3, 2020
It’s no secret COVID-19 has drastically changed the business world. Self-isolation, self-quarantine, and social distancing are impacting revenues and with them, staffing needs. Many employers have resorted to unpaid temporary layoffs to keep the lights on but, lay-offs are not […]