We have quickly outgrown our lovely office at Yonge and Sheppard and will be relocating to the Spadina and Queen area! Effective June 1, 2015, our address will change to: 402-197 Spadina Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C8. Please note that our telephone number and fax number will remain the same. We look... read more →
May
11
Apr
23
Since I helped break the story about Motherisk, some significant developments have occurred: 1. The Hospital for Sick Children has permanently closed Motherisk's Drug Testing Laboratory. No explanation was given as to the reason for its closure. 2. Today, the Ontario government announced that it would be widening the scope... read more →
Apr
03
I am proud to report that I was one of the authors of a comprehensive set of submissions presented to the Motherisk Hair Analysis Independent Review by the Family Lawyers' Association. Those submissions have now been submitted to the Review Team headed by Justice Susan Lang. A good summary of... read more →
Mar
04
One of the most common mistakes clients make is to assume that their lawyer is doing a great job because of the number and nastiness of their letters to the other side. I like to call this “litigation by correspondence”. And it is absolutely a waste of time and money.... read more →
Jan
06
Divorce and separation are hard. Few people will tell a story of a “happy” separation. Instead, many people will talk about divorce and separation as a process they “survived”. Are there tips for an “easier” separation? Since it is the New Year, and therefore a time for resolutions and lists,... read more →
Dec
11
When I am meeting with a client going through separation or divorce, I often lay out the various process choices that a client has at their disposal. More and more frequently, I have been advising people that litigation and court is not the best way to go about dealing with... read more →
Nov
19
It has been more than two weeks since controversy erupted over Motherisk's analysis of hair strand tests for criminal and child protection matters. It appears that the response of the Hospital for Sick Children is, at present, silence. The silence is almost deafening. It is a strange position to take,... read more →
Nov
08
Motherisk has finally provided a response to the recent questions raised about the reliability of its hair testing procedures. Except the response isn't really a response. Rather, it is a series of statements telling the public to "trust us", "we know what we are doing" and "it's not serious anyways",... read more →
Nov
06
I was interviewed by the Toronto Star about the recent questions surrounding the methodology used by Motherisk in forensic investigations. This has become a significant issue for those of us who practice in child protection because Motherisk has always been the "go-to" lab for hair drug analysis in Toronto. Frequently,... read more →
Nov
03
I will be presenting on November 18, 2014 at the 47 Sheppard Education Committee's program: "How to Win Cases and Influence Judges". The program is open to lawyers, law students, law clerks, and court workers. The marketing blurb reads: Do you know exactly what it takes to be a highly... read more →