Courts pushing back on Weaponizing the Process
Two recent BC cases — one involving parental gatekeeping and a rigged sobriety agreement, the other involving financial control as family violence demonstrate how courts respond when a parent weaponizes process against the other. Here's what judges are actually looking for.
Why Intimate Partner Violence excites me!
Darnell Smith, family lawyer, shares why he is excited about Intimate Partner Violence, or more specifically the SCC newly created tort of Intimate Partner Violence, and how it can help survivors in negotiation and litigation.
Canada's New Tort of Intimate Partner Violence: A Family Lawyer's Guide to Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia
The Supreme Court of Canada has now recognized a specific pathway for survivors of intimate partner violence to recovery financially from their abusers.