Regarding the ex-husband’s claim of partial success in the child support issue, the court rejected his allegation that he deserved a refund for an overpayment of $27,998.15 in support. Instead, the court said he underpaid support by $11,981.17. 

On the ex-husband’s claim of partial success in a promissory note issue, Heeney accepted that he deserved

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In the news release, Shelby Percival – a Mohawk woman of Six Nations of the Grand River – shared that she had to juggle three jobs to afford

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Imagine you have saved for years to purchase your dream home. You finalise a project, only to discover that the builder has not registered it under RERA. What does this mean for you? Is your investment at risk? Can the builder be punished? What remedies do you have as a buyer? This article explains, simply

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