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Shankar Law Office
Oct 2, 20231 min read
Sex Assault Cases: Should I or Should I Not Call the Accused to Testify on His or Her Own Behalf?
The criminal court system is flooded by sex assault cases. As a lawyer, we take on several sex assault cases in our office. Attached is a...
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Shankar Law Office
Nov 18, 20223 min read
How Not to be "Taken to the Cleaners"
As this title states, it implies that one or both parties at the end of a divorce of a couple or separation for a non-married couple are...
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Shankar Law Office
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Going Through a Child Protection Case? Don't Lose Hope.
Justice Sherr just released an empowering decision in Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. N.G., 2022 ONCJ 235 For any family going...
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Shankar Law Office
Jan 15, 20223 min read
Unequal Division of Net Family Property: A High Bar to Achieve
Sometimes, clients ask me if, based on poor spending habits by the other party, they can have their net family property unequally divided...
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Shankar Law Office
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Don't Change the Status Quo Based on the COVID-19 Excuse!
In this decision just released, the Court refuted the stance of the mother that there was a need to diverge from the pre-pandemic status...
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Shankar Law Office
Dec 8, 20212 min read
Common law and Unjust Enrichment Trust Claim
Here is a recent case that I have been successful in. The motion argument lasted for an hour. The main and only point in the argument...
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Shankar Law Office
Nov 10, 20213 min read
Credibility and Reliability: What Does it Mean?
R. v. H.A., 2021 ONSC 6916, is a recent case by Justice Bell that goes into the issues of credibility and reliability. In any trial,...
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Shankar Law Office
Nov 3, 20214 min read
Second Case Mandating Vaccination for a 14 Year Old
In Saint-Phard v. Saint-Phard, 2021 ONSC 6910, the court on the plea of the father decided that it is in the child’s best interests to be...
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Shankar Law Office
Oct 27, 20212 min read
What is Pre-judgment Interest?
The Court said that as a general rule, a payor spouse is required to pay prejudgment interest on an equalization payment owing to the...
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Shankar Law Office
Oct 20, 20214 min read
Can You Force The Opposing Party to Pay Interim Legal Expenses?
Fairly often, I have been faced with cases where my client tells me that he or she cannot afford to continue with the legal fight because...
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Shankar Law Office
Oct 13, 20213 min read
In Person Schooling and Vaccination of Children
In AC v LL, 2021 ONSC 6530, just released, Justice Charney ordered that if there was a choice, children should attend in person schooling...
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Shankar Law Office
Oct 5, 20212 min read
Making a Good Case for Mobility, Shared Parenting Time and Interim Sale of Matrimonial Home
In the attached case of Lee v Eckinswiller, 2021 ONSC 6519, which was just published, counsel for the father won on all grounds. Mother...
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Shankar Law Office
Jul 7, 20215 min read
Setting Aside a Domestic Contract or Separation Agreement
Introduction: I do a lot of separation agreements and domestic contracts. Clients often ask me if what they are signing is absolutely...
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