This Month in Nova Scotia Family Law – January 2024

Kulu v. Atuanya, 2024 NSSC 2 Judge: Honourable Justice Theresa Forgeron Subject: Parenting and Child Support Summary: The parties were in a brief relationship in March 2007. There is one child of the relationship, B. He is seventeen years old. The mother lives in Nova Scotia and the father lives in the USA. B has […]

Prove-it! The British Columbia Court of Appeal Confirms the Tripartite...

Prove-it! The British Columbia Court of Appeal Confirms the Tripartite Test for Future Loss of Earning Capacity Claims Must Be Met in Full

Municipal Planning Appeals: Defying the Odds

A 10 year review of appeals of municipal planning decisions before the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) shows that the UARB rarely overturns decisions of municipal councils and even more rarely if the appeal has been launched by interested citizens. Appeals by developers have been marginally more successful. But it would be wrong […]

May 25, 2018

“Irreconcilable incongruity” in Plaintiff’s reporting disallows claim for loss of...

In Bent v. MacFarlane, contradictions in Bent’s self-reporting and her lack of attempt to seek a medical resolution to an alleged chronic pain syndrome proved extremely limiting to her claim for damages.

Ontario’s New “Deferential” Approach to Planning Appeals – Lessons from...

Those interested in how the new planning appeals system in Ontario will operate may want to look East – to Nova Scotia. The Ontario government recently unveiled its proposal to overhaul the province’s land use planning appeals system.