Marriage breakdown can be extremely stressful and traumatic for all parties involved. Therefore, you need a specialist family lawyer in Barrie who understands your predicament and one who you can trus...
Why Should You Consult a Family Lawyer in Barrie before divorcing?
In Canada, the laws governing the divorce processes are dependent on the province or the territory that you live in. But, overall the main family federal law, namely the Divorce Act, applies to all di...
Escaping a Predatory Marriage
For a legally valid marriage in Canada, each party must have the mental capacity to enter into marriage. The problem is, the standard for capacity to marry is very low: only a minimal understanding of...
Capacity to Marry: protecting the vulnerable?
Getting married is invariably one of the happiest days of anyone’s life, but if one of the parties has not consented to the marriage – it’s a different story altogether. Unfortunately, in Ontari...
Mareva Mechanics
The original, abridged article, was published in STEP Journal, Vol. 21, Issue 5, published June 2013. Andrew Rogerson provides a practical guide to successfully obtaining worldwide freezing orders Gen...
Hape Cross Border Litigation
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Interview with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Interview with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)...
Company’s physical presence not prerequisite for US to exercise jurisdiction
Jurisdictional ‘boundaries’ are becoming increasingly indistinct as a recent ruling of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the US illustrates. The cross border attorneys at Rogerson Law ...
Commercial Contracts: Rectification
Commercial contracts that fail to accurately reflect what the parties originally negotiated can give rise to costly disputes. The commercial litigation lawyers at Rogerson Law have a wealth of experie...
Involuntary Support – How Generosity to an Ex-Spouse can Savage a Deceased Estate
Involuntary Support By Andrew Rogerson LLB (Hons) TEP & Gregory Prekupec (articling student) STEP Journal – October 2010 A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court has significant implicati...