The Law Blog Posts

Buying a property with friends? Best nail down first how your joint ownership set-up will work to avoid potential disputes later.

The Financial Post recently featured our lawyer Jamie Nay in an article about the dangers of relying a homemade will.

Thinking of buying a new business or selling your existing business? Here are a few points to keep in mind when figuring out what structure works best for you.

Passing a business down the family tree is often difficult, especially with a business owned and operated by a company. With proper succession planning, you can pass on ownership and management of your carefully built business to younger family members – without conflict and with minimal tax consequences.

Dying Dangerously: The Risks of Making a Homemade Will Jamie Nay

We’ve all seen those homemade do-it-yourself will kits at the local bookstore: “Wills Made Easy! $19.99!” Why would you ever pay a lawyer hundreds of dollars when such a cheap option is staring at you from the bookstore shelf? Because your beneficiaries deserve better. Spending money on a will is not for your benefit.

What am I Paying my Real Estate Lawyer for? Jamie Nay

Your realtor and your mortgage broker carry your home purchase (or sale) the first 200 yards. Your lawyer brings it home for the last 20 yards.” That’s paraphrasing a friend of mine, realtor David Smith, describing the role of a real estate (or “conveyancing”) lawyer. And, you know what?