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ASSIGNMENTS: Assigning your Contract to someone else!

Under a contract, the assignment of rights is the complete transfer of the rights to receive the benefits available to one of the parties to that...

WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CONTRACT: Consideration

Known as "the price of a promise" and a controversial requirement for contracts under common law, consideration  is required under most common-law and civil law systems, while some commentators...

WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CONTRACT: Offer and Acceptance

According to law, a contract is a legally recognized agreement enforceable in court and/or by binding arbitration. In other words, it is a deal comprised of promises with a...

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: What happens when your witness is not available or the venue is prejudicial?

Pre-trial applications are becoming more and more important by the day and can last far longer than the trial itself. In pre-trial applications, counsel set the...

TYPICAL IDENTITY FRAUD SCHEMES AND THEIR RED FLAGS

Identity fraud is inseparable from identity theft because without the second the first can not be perpetrated. Generally, the purpose of it is illegal financial gain,...

TYPICAL MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEMES AND THEIR RED FLAGS

According to industry estimates, losses from mortgage fraud in Canada range into the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Some criminal groups are each responsible for...

TYPICAL REAL ESTATE FRAUD SCHEMES AND THEIR RED FLAGS

Describing real estate fraud means visiting a dark place where suspicious characters roam around, unlawful acts are committed brazenly, and you do not know who you...

SUBPOENAS: Compelling Witnesses to Testify!

The territorial effectiveness of all subpoenas, excepting those issued by a justice, is throughout Canada. The latter is valid only in the province in which it...

COMPELLING WITNESSES IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING

To qualify as a witness at a criminal proceeding, a person is to be competent to testify.  Nobody can be forced to testify by the Crown...

RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT:”…whatever you say may be given in evidence against you at your trial…”

In Criminal Charges, Charter Jurisdiction is a very important point to keep in mind during preliminary inquiries, because a justice conducting a preliminary hearing is not...