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I am away recharging, relaxing and golfing.  I will resume blogging in a few weeks.

Like the travel industry, the wedding industry is in full-steam for the summer of 2022.  Two years of blissful couples-to-be not being able to host their dream event have led to a flurry of weddings this summer season.  Besides the increased number of wedding invitations for the summer months, the increase in engagements to complete marriage contracts is an indicator that something is different this year.  For those couples-to-be that….

he recent case of Re Assaly deals with a unique intersection between estates and bankruptcy law and squarely addresses the law of assent. In this case, the estate trustee paid funds in trust to counsel for a bankrupt beneficiary and adult child of the deceased (the “Bankrupt”), on the condition that the Bankrupt would provide a letter of credit in favour of the estate before the funds could be released…..

I recently returned to Fasken after taking time off to raise my son.  When I started my leave in September, I was just shy of 16 years working at Fasken without any type of long term break.  To shift gears from going full steam to a much slower pace with a baby was, for me, challenging.  Don’t get me wrong, my time with my son was very rewarding, but I….