This Month in Nova Scotia Family Law – April 2022
Our NS Family Law team provides summaries of recent cases which have appeared in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.
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This Month in Nova Scotia Family Law – March 2022
Ward v Murphy, 2022 NSCA 20 Justices Carole A. Beaton, Elizabeth Van den Eynden and J. Edward Scanlan Issues: Application to Vary | Child Support Guidelines | Child Support | Parenting and Support Act Mr. Ward applied to reduce his child support payment. The trial judge applied ss. 18 and 19 of the Provincial Child […]
This Month in Nova Scotia Family Law – February 2022
Our NS Family Law team provides summaries of recent cases which have appeared in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.
This Month in Nova Scotia Family Law – January 2022
Our NS Family Law team provides summaries of recent cases which have appeared in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.
This Month in Family Law – December 2021
Our NS Family Law team provides summaries of recent cases which have appeared in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.
This Month in Family Law – November 2021
Our NS Family Law team provides summaries of recent cases which have appeared in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.
This Month in NS Family Law – October 2021
Richardson v. Richardson, 2021 SCC 36 Justices Wagner C.J. and Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer and Jamal Issues: Best interest of the child | Custody The parties have a 16-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son. The dispute revolved around custody of the two children and whether it is in their best interests to […]
This Month in NS Family Law – September 2021
Wolfson v Wolfson, 2021 NSSC 260 Justice Forgeron Issues: Unequal division of assets | Matrimonial property The couple was married for 12 years and have two children. Mr. Wolfson owns shares in 12 companies. The companies own and manage several rental properties. Mr. Wolfson sought to have the shares classified as business assets to exclude […]
This Month in NS Family Law – August 2021
Green v Green, 2021 NSCA 61 Justice Bourgeois Issues: Custody | Appeal | Late Application The parties were involved in a high conflict divorce. At trial, the judge awarded primary care to the mother, and specified access for the father. The father sought to appeal the trial decision on the grounds that his contempt applications […]
Defences available to manufacturers in product liability claims
Product liability claims are often rooted in provincial sale of goods legislation. Sale of goods statutes afford consumers a set of protections, which are fairly uniform across jurisdictions. Depending on the circumstances of the case, a manufacturer faced with a sale of goods claim may have a number of available defences. The absence of contractual […]