Kornfeld LLP Updates

One of the significant departures between the current B.C. Supreme Rules introduced in 2010 and it predecessor can be found...… Keep Reading

Company websites are ubiquitous.  They are a necessary form of marketing in any industry.  One of the methods of exploiting...… Keep Reading

Much needed clarification regarding disclosure obligations for the pre-sale development industry in British Columbia. In the wake of the Supreme… Keep Reading

How do you determine whether a worker is an employee or a contractor? As a business owner hiring or engaging...… Keep Reading

Herb Silber is a graduate of the Harvard School of Negotiation Mediation Program An effective Mediator knows that often the...… Keep Reading

In Kordish v. Innotech Multimedia Corp.[1], to obtain tax advantages including the ability to deduct his expenses, Mr. Kordish formed...… Keep Reading

A seemingly counter-intuitive process has just come a bit closer to being the final law of Canada. We often act...… Keep Reading

In companion rulings made February 18, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified the law relating to property division resulting...… Keep Reading

Herb Silber is a graduate of the Harvard School of Negotiation Mediation Program As mentioned in my earlier post The...… Keep Reading

The Supreme Court of Canada, in a recent decision favouring freedom of speech, has ruled against a claim that assumed injury to groups of...… Keep Reading

On Feb. 18, 2011 the British Columbia Court of Appeal delivered its reasons for judgment in the Cambie Street / Canada...… Keep Reading

Shareholders’ Agreements: Zeubear Investments Ltd. v. Magi Seal Corporation 2010 ONCA 825 (December 7, 2010), a decision of the Ontario...… Keep Reading

On January 10, 2011, the British Columbia Securities Commission (the “Commission”) overturned the proxy solicitation process employed by the Mutual...… Keep Reading

  Herb Silber is a graduate of the Harvard School of Negotiation Mediation Program As an effective mediator, one needs...… Keep Reading

Thanks to Richard Sehmer for his assistance with this article On November 29, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released...… Keep Reading

For print version, click here. Introduction The primary purpose of this article is to examine, in a non-union setting, some...… Keep Reading

For the print version, click here This article was published in the Vancouver Bar Association‘s The Advocate Introduction The effect...… Keep Reading

The assistance of articled student Richard Sehmer is gratefully acknowledged. [editor’s note – This decision was reversed by the British...… Keep Reading

Herb Silber is a graduate of the Harvard School of Negotiation Mediation Program Mediation is a form of alternative dispute...… Keep Reading

In the preparation of this article, the assistance of articled student Richard Sehmer is gratefully acknowledged.  You may recall that,...… Keep Reading

The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled on the question of whether section 73.1 of the Land Title Act...… Keep Reading

Editor’s Note: This post is historical, and names various organizations which have since been renamed. The International Alliance of Law...… Keep Reading

Before the decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Macaraeg v. E Care Contact Centers Ltd.1 in December...… Keep Reading

The recent case of Ralph’s Auto Supply (B.C.) Ltd. v. Ken Ransford Holding Ltd. et al, SCBC (April 23, 2010)...… Keep Reading

Two recent appellate decisions make it harder for companies to resist certification of class action lawsuits. A critical threshold for...… Keep Reading

Editor’s note: This is a historical post in need of updating Effective July 1, 2010, the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)...… Keep Reading

New guidelines assist insiders in reporting derivative-based transactions in which they are able to monetize their equity without simultaneously transferring… Keep Reading

According to Statistics Canada, divorce is on the decline but for those who are divorcing, nearly three-quarters of them are...… Keep Reading

For print version, click here This article is published in the Verdict, a publication of the Trial Lawyers Association of...… Keep Reading

The BC Securities Commission issued reasons on Thurdsay, April 8, 2010 for its recent decision not to enter the fray of a...… Keep Reading