Before incorporating, a business owner should think about tax implications, a corporation's perpetual existence, and protection from liability. A common question among small business owners is whether to incorporate a company to carry on their business. However, this simple query often leads to a … [Read more...]
Whatever Happened To…Antrim Truck Ltd. and Public Nuisances
Background Gail Cameron was brought up in the restaurant and accounting businesses. Her husband Jack had a strong trucking background. In June 1978, the couple had acquired Cedar Service Centre on 12 acres of land located on the former Highway 17 west of Ottawa from Gail's mother. They built a … [Read more...]
When Free Trade is Not Free: the Abitibi Case
We will not give away our valuable timber and water resources to a company that does not honour its historic commitments … [w]e will, therefore, today introduce a bill to ensure these valuable natural resources are returned to their rightful owners – the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. – … [Read more...]
Whatever Happened To . . . Can. Aero v. O’Malley
Ethics disqualifies a director or senior officer from usurping for himself or diverting to another person or company with whom or with which he is associated a maturing business opportunity which his company is actively pursuing; he is also precluded from so acting even after his resignation . . . - … [Read more...]
Comma Law
The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma . . . – Edgar Allan Poe Introduction “Let’s eat, Grandma” or “Let’s eat Grandma.” As the saying goes, “commas save lives.” This adage humorously demonstrates the … [Read more...]
What Does a Commercial Contract Do?
Most everyone knows that a contract — whether oral or written — is simply a legally enforceable agreement. But what, practically speaking, does a contract — and, in particular, a commercial contract — actually do? A commercial contract does three important things in the eyes of the … [Read more...]