Kelly Santini’s J.P. Zubec recently achieved a successful result in a complicated estate litigation case. J.P.  represented a co-estate trustee who was being accused by another co-estate trustee of owing debts to the estate that totaled approximately $1M. The co-estate trustee making the accusations brought an Application to the Superior Court of…

One issue that construction clients often ask of their legal counsel is how to handle contractual notice requirements. For years, courts have grappled with the problem of how best to handle a party’s failure to comply with contractual notice requirements, and in particular whether a party’s failure to provide proper…

For many employees, vacation time is essential for maintaining a work-life balance to relax and spend time with their loved ones. As such, employees typically do not need to be forced into taking a vacation. However, there may be circumstances where an employer wants to mandate when employees take their…

In Osman v. Mohamed et al, 2023 ONSC 1677, Kelly Santini’s Makena Korte-Moore was successful in an Ontario Superior Court motion for dismissal for delay pursuant to Rule 24 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. The original claim against Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group was commenced in 2018,  following a single…

Congratulations to Mitch Kitagawa on his election as the Regional Bencher for East Region of the Law Society of Ontario (LSO). The LSO governs Ontario’s lawyers and paralegals in the public interest by ensuring that the people of Ontario are served by lawyers and paralegals who meet high standards of…

Congratulations to Lawrence Silber, this year’s recipient of the County of Carleton Law Association’s Abe Feinstein Solicitors Award. The annual award is given to a solicitor who has distinguished themselves throughout their career by exemplary service to the County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA) and to the profession and has…

As an Estate Trustee, you might find yourself in a difficult situation in which a family member of the deceased is unreasonably refusing to vacate the Estate house.  Often these occupants are sons or daughters of the deceased who have been living rent free in the Deceased’s house for 30,…

Kelly Santini advised Ottawa-based Cleland Jardine Engineering on its sale to Bouthillette Parizeau (BPA).  The M&A team was led by Andrew Godfrey and included corporate lawyers Madelaine Thurston and Patricia Bejide. Sean Bawden advised on employment law. “On behalf of the Cleland Jardine partner group, I would like to thank…