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OC-62498Unpack the impact of personality disorders to strengthen your understanding of the nuances related to mental health. Consider criminal matters where a party to a proceeding has a personality disorder and explore topics including what ‘fitness to stand trial’ means and community treatment plans. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on April 15, 2025. Total running time is 55 minutes.
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OC-62491From agriculture financing to GST, buying and selling rural property comes with unique challenges. Using an example rural real estate transaction, explore key legal considerations to help lawyers navigate these transactions with confidence. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on March 19, 2025. Total running time is 57 minutes.
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OC-62453Suit up and learn the tools for effective financial statement analysis! Assess key issues in balance sheet accounts, consider what estimates and judgments could have manipulated the results, dive into financial statement ratios, and consider approaches to business valuation. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on January 24, 2025. Total running time is 1 hour.
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OC-62482Explore common everyday mistakes that lawyers might make in relation to giftover drafting, charity beneficiaries, and the description of gifts and effective strategies to avoid them. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on January 22, 2025. Total running time is 1 hour.
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OC-62471Explore a variety of business valuation considerations that are specific to the legal requirements for a business valuation; considerations that if ignored, could result in an improper determination of business value. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on November 6, 2024. Total running time is 42 minutes.
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OC-62464-6Review the purposes of human rights legislation and lays out the jurisdictional divide in Canada’s legal framework, and explore the legal test for discrimination, the bona fide occupational requirement, and multi-party responsibilities that arise with the duty to accommodate. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Employment Law Fundamentals on October 8, 2024. Total running time is 58 minutes.
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OC-62464-5Explore the fundamentals of employment contracts, the law governing termination of employment, and the importance of the legal distinction between non-unionized and unionized employment. It also provides a practical list of factors that lawyers should consider in an initial client meeting dealing with a termination of employment. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Employment Law Fundamentals on October 8, 2024. Total running time is 55 minutes.
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OC-62464-4Explore the issues to consider as part of a damages assessment, including reasonable notice, additional damages (punitive, exemplary, aggravated), mitigation, other causes of action, and practical considerations. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Employment Law Fundamentals on October 8, 2024. Total running time is 55 minutes.
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OC-62464-3Examine scenarios of with cause and without cause terminations, including a discussion of notice periods, and constructive dismissal. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Employment Law Fundamentals on October 8, 2024. Total running time is 55 minutes.
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OC-62464-2Explore five key classes of duties: good faith, provision of a safe work place, confidentiality, fiduciary duties, and restrictive covenants. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Employment Law Fundamentals on October 8, 2024. Total running time is 1 hour, 7 minutes.
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OC-62464-1There are certain fundamental concepts that are important to keep in mind when it comes to entering into and amending employment contracts. Explore the basics to help avoid typical pitfalls that can increase an employer’s liability, leave an employee with uncertainty as to their rights and obligations, or both. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Employment Law Fundamentals on October 8, 2024. Total running time is 54 minutes.
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OC-62472Explore key aspects of adoptions and birthparents’ rights and reviews the developments in the area with a focus on a recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision, Re A. (Adoption), 2024 ABCA 203. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on October 29, 2024. Total running time is 43 minutes.
