In October 2016, the federal Minister of Finance, the Honourable William Morneau, announced two major changes to the Canadian housing market regulation. The first change affects which properties are eligible for the Principal Residence Exemption and the second change regards the mortgage stress test that has been imposed upon insured…
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Meghan O’Halloran Elected to OBA Council
October 2016
Kelly Santini LLP’s Meghan O’Halloran has been elected to Governance Council of the Ontario Bar Association. The two year term begins in August 2016. Meghan is currently serving as the Chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division – East.
$300K and Counting
On October 6th, Kelly Santini LLP hosted the 12th annual Special Olympics Festival Breakfast at the Shaw Centre. Since its inception in 2005, the breakfast has raised over $300,000 for Special Olympics athletes in Eastern Ontario. Special thanks to key note speaker Tessa Bonhomme and MC Vic Rauter for the…
RISK Case Law Reports
The RISK (Rulings Insurers Should Know) Case Law Report provides insurers and brokers with a timely review of important case law from the Ontario courts. Each case law report includes analysis and recommendation on the actions insurers should take as a result of these court rulings. To see all RISK…
Putting the “Hired Gun” Back in the Holster
Daggitt v Campbell, 2016 ONSC 2742 This was a motion brought by the defendant seeking an independent medical examination of the plaintiff with a psychiatrist pursuant to section 105 of the Courts of Justice Act and Rule 33 of the Rules of Civil Procedure (Rules). This case stems from a…
What it Means to be “Authorized by Law” to Drive
Middleton v Pankhurst, 2016 ONSC 3157 The primary issue in this case was whether Mr. Pankhurst was “authorized by law” to drive within the meaning of Statutory Condition 4(1) O Reg 777/93 of the Insurance Act, which provides as follows: The insured shall not drive or operate or permit any…
Kelly Santini Helps Engineer Merger of McIntosh Perry and CCI Group
Kelly Sample, André Munroe and Madelaine Thurston led Kelly Santini’s team advising McIntosh Perry on its recent merger with CCI Group. The merger was facilitated and supported by a capital investment by Signal Hill Equity Partners, a private equity fund focusing on Canadian mid-market companies. The newly combined company,…
Canada’s New Eligible Capital Property Tax Regime and What It Means for Canadian Controlled Private Corporations
Beginning on January 1, 2017, Canada’s current tax regime for eligible capital property (ECP) will be replaced by a new capital cost allowance (CCA) class. This change was proposed in the 2016 Federal Budget in an effort to simplify the existing tax rules related to ECP. The new regime may…
