Fifteen WeirFoulds Partners Recognized in the 2014 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
Fifteen WeirFoulds lawyers have been recognized in the 2014 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as “Leading Practitioners” in their areas of practice, up from 12 lawyers in 2013. […]
Twenty-one WeirFoulds lawyers named to the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada
Twenty-one WeirFoulds lawyers have been recognized by their colleagues in an annual peer-review survey and named to the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada, one of the most […]
Public Interest Litigation: Do Not Get Slapped
What is SLAPP? On June 4, 2013, the Attorney-General of Ontario introduced new legislation with the purpose of better protecting freedom of speech by discouraging dubious lawsuits aimed at silencing […]
Twelve WeirFoulds lawyers recognized as leading practitioners in 2013
Twelve WeirFoulds lawyers have been recognized in the 2013 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as “Leading Practitioners” in their areas of practice. The Directory identifies leading practitioners across […]
Legal Ethics – Getting SLAPPed by Costs?
This paper was presented at the 2nd Annual Ontario Bar Association’s Maintaining Professionalism in the Municipal Law Context Program. OVERVIEW This paper will consider the advocates’ dual professional obligations, to […]
Twenty-one WeirFoulds lawyers named in 2013 Best Lawyers in Canada
Twenty-one WeirFoulds lawyers have been recognized by their colleagues in an annual peer-review survey and named to the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada, one of the most […]
Fourteen WeirFoulds Lawyers Named Leading Practitioners in 2012 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Fourteen WeirFoulds lawyers have been recognized in the 2012 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as “Leading Practitioners” in their areas of practice. The Directory identifies leading practitioners across […]
Eighteen WeirFoulds Lawyers Named to the 2012 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada
Eighteen WeirFoulds lawyers have been recognized by their colleagues in an annual peer-review survey and named to the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada, one of the most […]
Thirteen WeirFoulds Lawyers Named Leading Practitioners in 2011 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Thirteen WeirFoulds lawyers have been recognized in the 2011 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as “Leading Practitioners” in their areas of practice. The Directory identifies leading practitioners across […]
Current Property Tax Issues
Pre-1998 Owners assessed realty taxes Tenants assessed separately for business taxes (value of property apportioned on basis of FMR) including shared parking business assessment Current Value Assessment 1998 Business assessment […]
Sixteen WeirFoulds Lawyers Named to 2011 Edition of Best Lawyers
Sixteen WeirFoulds lawyers have been named to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers®, a publication based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey and referred to byCorporate Counsel magazine as “the […]
PILT ruling gives cities ‘greater certainty’
Supreme Court of Canada decision in Montreal (City) v. Montreal Port Authority upholds authority to collect payments from federal Crown agencies.
Eleven WeirFoulds Lawyers Named by Lexpert as 2010 Leading Practitioners
Eleven WeirFoulds lawyers have been recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2010 as “Leading Practitioners” in their areas of practice. The Directory identifies leading practitioners across Canada based on […]
Rooftop Solar Panels – Good Business Sense or Not?
A number of landlords, owners and tenants have recently received inquiries from rooftop solar panel installers desirous of installing solar panels on their roofs.
Municipalities Could Face Reduced Business Property Assessments
It took testimony from nine experts, weeks of hearings, and a review of hundreds of exhibits to interpret a statute and determine how income producing properties should be assessed for municipal taxation in Ontario.