A $1.4 million costs award shows the danger of engaging in bad behaviour during litigation. See my article at: http://www.advocatedaily.com/jennifer-samara-shuber-judge-sanctions-husbands-misbehaviour-with-1-4-million-costs-award.html
Read MoreCheck out my latest post on AdvocateDaily: http://www.advocatedaily.com/jennifer-samara-shuber-legal-costs-available-for-self-reps-in-family-litigation.html
Read MoreGriffith v Davidson, a recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision, has confirmed that placing a property in joint tenancy means sharing the property equally on relationship breakdown. The question before the court (on appeal from an arbitration) was whether the common law wife held the property on resulting trust for the common law husband, …
Read MoreIt is 6 am on the morning of the second day of trial. I have been up for hours. When I slept I dreamed of the trial. I am reminded of what it means to live and breathe a case. We opened our case yesterday. The judge is hard to read, nodding and listening and …
Read MoreHow do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. How do you get to trial? Prepare, prepare, prepare. I am a week away from a family law trial. I am busy preparing: compiling briefs of all of the material that has to be served and filed, culling all of the documents I want to …
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