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Aron Salomon may have slipped into history unknown were it not for the fledgling legal status of corporations and the legal case his company prompted in 1895.
So much is, can and should be done via agents in today's complex international commercial world. This article gives you an "in's and out's" of this branch of the law; the law of agents and of agency. At the table are agents, principals and third-parties.
A company, in British Columbia, is somewhat of a privilege. It is something you ask the government to create. Before the government will create your company, there are a few things it demands that you do first.
The legal framework underneath that gut-wrenching decision: to buy that company or not to buy that company?
A summary of church law; the law of churches, their ministers and congregations, especially the law of the United Church of Canada.
A civil law dictionary ... in English!
Keep your money: learn how to spot and avoid consumer scams.
The law of corporate mobility; the legal authority of a corporation to operate outside the territory of its original jurisdiction.
Consumers have a love-hate relationship with their credit cards, but banks have nothin' but love for their credit card holders! Know your rights.
Partnership law know no duty more sacred than the easy death or dissolution of a partnership, or the gentle and fair ousting of a partner.
A UN Treaty which standardizes domestic arbitration rules and administrations of various states so as to promote international trade.
The business structure of a partnership is often a sentimental choice for two like-minded business persons. But one must be fully alive to the hazards of partnerships as it is not all it is made out to be.
The law of personal property security in Canada: bared naked ... unsecured!
Ahh the joys of chattels!
The sole proprietorship is the oldest business structure known to man. It has its unique advantages but also disadvantages.
Quebec's Civil Code: a model of transparent and accessible law.
Other than maintaining peace and order - education is the most important function of government. As with all things, government exerts its muscle by "laws" or "stautes". Thus "school law" exposes the legal backbone upon which is built our school system.
The interplay, authority and roles of shareholders, directors and officers as the intellectual backbone of every corporation.
The tax audit is a necessary evil in a self-reporting income tax system, an occasional "cost of doing business". This article sheds some light on the black hole that an income tax audit can seem.
In a 1992 decision of the Canadian Supreme Court, even as the strong glow of an unfolding and revolutionary Internet was piercing over the horizon, th...
The valuation, appraisal or assessment of the value of a business is an art and not a science but to which, basic principles apply.