Caroline Abela honoured as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
We are pleased to announced that Partner, Caroline Abela has been named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The ABF is an honorary organization of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose careers have demonstrated extraordinary leadership in their communities and legal profession. Membership is limited to one percent of lawyers admitted to practice in Canada with worldwide fellowship limited.
WeirFoulds Proudly Supports the Sopinka Cup 2017
WeirFoulds is proud to continue its long-standing support of the Sopinka Cup, Canada’s national trial advocacy competition, organized by The Advocates’ Society, and funded by the American College of Trial Lawyers. The Cup bears the name of the Honourable Justice John Sopinka, Q.C., one of the few lawyers to be appointed directly from practice to the Supreme Court of Canada.
WeirFoulds Celebrates International Women’s Day
WeirFoulds LLP has a long standing and strong commitment to supporting women in the workplace.
WeirFoulds Recognized as a Proud Supporter of the Progress Place Transitional Employment Program
WeirFoulds was honoured by Progress Place for our Leadership as an Employment Partner at their first annual Taking Care of Business Breakfast. WeirFoulds is a proud supporter of Progress Place and has been a part of the Transitional Employment Program for several years.
WeirFoulds is a Proud Sponsor of the Arnup Cup 2017
WeirFoulds is proud to continue to sponsor the Arnup Cup, an annual trial advocacy competition for Ontario law schools, organized by The Advocates’ Society. The Cup bears the name of the Honourable John D. Arnup, O.C., Q.C., who for many years sat as a distinguished member of the Court of Appeal for Ontario following a career at WeirFoulds as one of Canada’s finest litigation counsel.
Michael Swartz is the Winner of the 2016 TCIC Chancellor’s Award of Excellence
Michael Swartz, a construction partner at WeirFoulds, has been selected by the Toronto Construction Association (TCA) Nominations & Awards Committee as the winner of the 2016 TCIC Chancellor’s Award of Excellence.
WeirFoulds is proud to support Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition 2017
WeirFoulds is proud to provide continued support to the Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition (QEC) for 2017, one of the longest-running and best-known undergraduate start-up competitions in the world
WeirFoulds is a Proud Supporter and Continued Sponsor of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada and BLSACares
WeirFoulds is a proud supporter of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada (BLSA Canada) by acting as a continued sponsor of the Annual National Conference and the association’s charitable branch, BLSACares. The conference will be held in Windsor on February 9 – 12, 2017. This year’s theme is “Oneness in Motion: Impacting the Future”.
AVOCATS HORS QUÉBEC: Lorsque les membres s’expatrient
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WeirFoulds Welcomes Two New Partners
WeirFoulds LLP is pleased to announce that Faren Bogach and Bianca La Neve have joined the Partnership. Faren Bogach has a litigation practice focused on construction and commercial matters. She […]
WeirFoulds Partner Raj Anand Works to Assist Law Firms to Combat Racism and Discrimination
Raj Anand, a senior civil litigation and human rights partner at WeirFoulds, and a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC), has added to his long list of […]
The Intersection Between Form and Substance in Corporate Law
In its recent decision in Mennillo v. Intramodal inc., 2016 SCC 51 (“Mennillo“), the Supreme Court of Canada addressed, for the first time since 2008, the oppression remedy. At issue […]
Lisa Borsook named to the Women’s Executive Network’s (WXN) Top 100 Hall of Fame
WeirFoulds partner Ian Mitchell is named a “Corporate Lawyer to Watch” in the 2016 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada.
New Record Keeping Requirements for Ontario Corporate Land Owners
On December 10, 2016, amendments to various statutes in Ontario will come into force with some significant changes relating to record keeping obligations for Ontario corporations regarding land owned by […]
Legal bill covered for fired justice of the peace?
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