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Articling Students Enter The Drop Zone

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Guide for the Ride

Shawn O’Connor was one of the volunteer race guides for THE RIDE this past weekend. Hundreds of riders faced stiff winds over a 108KM course. Their efforts raised $1.3M for cancer research at The Ottawa Hospital. Congratulations to everyone involved.

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Work Highlight

Working Out Investment Deal for Greco Fitness

Kelly Santini’s Andrew Godfrey and Michael Leaver advised founders Tony Greco, Paolo Fiorin and the Greco Fitness company on its recent investment deal with New York-based investment firm Integrity Square. The new investment aims to help Greco Fitness expand into new markets. For more on the investment, see “Greco Fitness…

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Welcome to our articling students

September 2016

We are very pleased to welcome recent law school grads Chantel Helwer (University of Manitoba), Kentt Coburn (University of Ottawa), Kate Craner (Osgoode Hall) and Jennifer Cox (University of Calgary) to the firm for their articling year.

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Accomplished Legal Team Joins Kelly Santini LLP

September 2016

Kelly Santini LLP is pleased to welcome veteran Ottawa lawyer Paul Conlin and associate Zachary Gaulin to the firm. Paul has been a stalwart of the Ottawa legal community for over forty years. Their wide-ranging practice adds to the firm’s depth in the areas of family law, real estate, estate…

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OMB Dismisses Claim for Additional Compensation for Expropriated Land

Eric Appotive successfully represented the Township of Admaston / Bromley before the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) in an expropriation claim for injurious affection. The claim was brought by the landowner after the Township expropriated a parcel of land in conjunction with a former landfill site.The plaintiffs claimed for increased compensation…

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RISK Case Law Updates

New Deductibles Applicable Retroactively

Corbett v Odorico, 2016 ONSC 1964 This is a post-verdict decision with respect to the applicable statutory deductibles, pre-judgment interest calculation, and set-offs to this decision. The jury returned its verdict on December 16, 2015, and awarded the Plaintiff and her family the sum of $141,500.00 which was broken down…

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