Watson Goepel is proud to announce that eight of our lawyers have been recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2025 and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ in 2025 for their outstanding achievements in their practice area.
A decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court released on May 23, 2019 makes it clear that insurance companies will need to strictly comply with statutory obligations in drafting policies, or risk losing the protections afforded under a policy.
Jonathan Lazar, head of Watson Goepel’s Family Law Group will be presenting on “Difficult Cases Involving Aging Clients” at the Collaborative Divorce Vancouver’s Older and Wiser: The Phenomenon of Grey Divorce conference being held May 23-24.
Watson Goepel LLP was proud to sponsor the Corpus Christi College and St. Mark’s College at UBC: Dinner at the Gallery fundraising event on February 20th, with lawyers Celso Boscariol and Anita Boscariol in attendance. They are seen here with Peter Meehan, President of the Colleges.
For some, hiring a lawyer to represent them in their matter is simply not a financial option. In other cases, individuals start their case with representation but eventually run out of money and need to terminate their lawyer’s services before their matter is resolved.
Celso Boscariol K.C. presented at the University of Milan, School of Law on May 2nd, 2019 on the topic of Doing Business in Canada: Impact of the Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA).
You may or may not have been asked for your input on what should happen regarding parenting plans. Research suggests that very few parents actually sit down with you to talk about the separation and the reasons for it, so you may even be in the dark about where you are going to live. Parenting issues have probably been resolved without a lot of input from you. What people don’t always realize is, after the divorce, things sometimes get even worse.
The Thomas v Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. line of cases was initiated by the Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Nations, located west of Prince George (the “First Nations”) as a claim for damages against a private defendant for alleged harm to proprietary interests based on a claim of asserted, but unproven, Aboriginal rights and title. This case presented the opportunity for a new development in aboriginal law.
On June 13, 2019, significant changes are being introduced that will directly affect corporations registered federally under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). The pending changes are designed to bring the CBCA into compliance with Financial Action Task Force recommendations made in October 2018, specifically recommendations 10 and 22 which were intended to prevent the misuse of Canadian financial institutions by corporations for purposes of tax evasion, corruption, money laundering and terrorist funding activities.
Anyone can be fired, but there are protections in place for employees who are terminated without good reason – what is known in employment law as without “just cause”.
Watson Goepel LLP family law lawyers Craig Neville and Jonathan Lazar will be joining over 70 world class speakers this June at the 2019 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) BC Symposium. This cutting edge event brings together arbitrators, mediators, lawyers, in-house counsels, HR professionals, corporate and other users of ADR services, to discuss a range of topics related to the the rapidly expanding role of ADR.
