Philip Turvey, executive director at Anglia Research, explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation of legal practices. While there has been a very rapid uptake in digital solutions in the legal world within the last five years, with lots of disruptor start-ups shaking up their field, some legal practices, such as probate genealogy, […]
Almost all sectors predict a trend towards remote models of working in the post-COVID world. But if law firms grow reluctant to establish bases overseas, will their international operations retain the same value? Glenn M Cunningham, Chair at Interlaw, offers his thoughts.
We speak with Joanne Gilbert-Wiens, Lawyer at KMB Law, about the legal obstacles faced by Canadian franchisors. She discusses the hurdles that new business owners must overcome and how they can best set themselves up for success.
The establishment of limited liability companies is a common practice used by real estate developers as a way of holding property. However, the protection afforded by an LLC is not all-encompassing and can be undone using the doctrine of alter ego, as Laine T Wagenseller explains.
Here, we examine the ethical landscape of the legal sector alongside Gavin MacKenzie of MacKenzie Barristers. A leading Canadian counsel and Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, he shares his insight into the qualities that make an effective lawyer and how the profession’s most common ethical issues can be addressed.
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