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Accommodation in Scheduling and Family Status

July 26, 2021 By Brian Babcock The duty to accommodate exists to make equality in employment truly equal. It is a violation of the Ontario Human Rights Code to fail to take proper steps to assess an employee’s Code-related needs. A common issue in workplaces that receives little attention in cases is the difficulty that […]

Probate and the Open Court Principle

July 26, 2021 By Brian Babcock Did you know that if your estate requires probate, your intimate financial and personal details may become public record? This has recently been confirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada in Sherman Estate v. Donovan. This estate has some notoriety. Barry and Bunny Sherman were wealthy Torontonians. He founded […]