Legal Articles

March 4, 2021

Can my work require me to take the COVID vaccine?

As I write this the Alberta Government is expected to ease pandemic restrictions and allow more businesses to re-open. If it does ease the restrictions, it will be a welcome relief. However, looser restrictions are not an excuse to be […]
May 4, 2021

Trade Names are not a Game

In my younger years, I recall hearing the song the name game, by Shirley Ellis [Soul Rocket. “Shirley Ellis – The Name Game” YouTube]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MJLi5_dyn0. It is the song where you take a person’s name, drop the first letter of […]
February 4, 2022

Pet Legacy Clauses

 “And to my loyal dog Oakley, I leave…”  While I have been a practicing lawyer in Medicine Hat since 1994, I have [thankfully] not seen a bequest in a Will made directly to the family pet. Pet legacies are rare […]