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...
Tax Departure From Canada
A Break from the CRA (and Canadian Winters)… By Andrew Rogerson LLB (Hons) TEP Canadian executives (and their families) transferred overseas are usually very excited about the possibility of broade...
Taking Advantage of The Double Tax Treaty with Barbados
By Andrew Rogerson LLB (Hons) TEP Barbados, in common with most offshore finance centres, provides a favourable tax regime for International Business Corporations (“IBC”s). IBC status ...
Ruling on Residency
By Andrew Rogerson LLB (Hons) TEP STEP Journal – September 2007 Andrew Rogerson discusses the Canadian approach to non resident status A recent article by Tim Bennett helpfully analysed ...
Offshore Trusts, Offshore Corporations, Offshore Bank Accounts: Help in Canada for former Hong Kong residents and their families
Did you or your parents come to Canada from Hong Kong? Before you left, did your family set up offshore bank accounts, offshore corporations or offshore trusts? Do you need help now with potential CRA...
Andrew Rogerson meets The Consul-General of Japan, Takako Ito
On November 24th, The Consul-General of Japan, Takako Ito hosted the annual National Day Reception at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, to celebrate the birthday of His Majesty the Emper...
Important Win for Rogerson Law Group
Andrew Rogerson, and litigation lawyer Robert Rastorp, have won a significant case which clarifies important legal issues. They successfully represented the plaintiff in Ontario’s Superior Court o...