Nils Preshaw and Dan Parlow, Kornfeld LLP Legal principles for the assessment of credibility When dealing with witnesses whose credibility and/or reliability may be in question, it is important throughout the trial to bear in mind the principles upon which our courts will evaluate their evidence. The court will first consider the witness’s testimony onContinue reading “Making Effective Submissions on Credibility and Reliability”
Challenging witnesses’ credibility in Canadian civil cases
By Dan Parlow and Nils Preshaw, Kornfeld LLP In recent years, we have frequently been approached to comment on techniques used to manage witnesses in a variety of situations where credibility has been a central issue. Between us, we have over 50 years’ combined experience in dealing in commercial, civil, estates and criminal cases inContinue reading “Challenging witnesses’ credibility in Canadian civil cases”
BC companies will be required to maintain a transparency register unless an exemption applies
Like other governments across Canada, British Columbia has recently taken a number of measures to combat money laundering, tax evasion and similar concerns, and more measures are planned. This article provides an overview of three such measures which require the disclosure of indirect and beneficial ownership of real property or corporations as a way ofContinue reading “BC companies will be required to maintain a transparency register unless an exemption applies”
Looking at Woodward’s: 10 years later
Built in 1903, when there were 60,000 people living in the city, Woodward’s was geographically split between the premier downtown shopping destinations to the west and the concentration of transient housing and brothels to the east, providing goods to working- and middle-class residents. The original building’s history itself runs analogous to that of the CityContinue reading “Looking at Woodward’s: 10 years later”
Buying U.S. Real Estate: Q&A for Canadians
***NOTE: This post has been combined into https://kornfeldllp.com/2012/03/planning-for-ownership-of-u-s-real-estate/*** Q: I live in Canada and am a Canadian citizen. If I purchase a property in the United States will I be subject to United States taxes? A: Yes. If the US property which you own is rented, you will be subject to US income taxationContinue reading “Buying U.S. Real Estate: Q&A for Canadians”