by Web Geeks | Nov 24, 2025 | News
Executive Summary For Ontario municipalities, the Drainage Act operates on a fundamental “user-pay” principle: the costs of drainage infrastructure are assessed to the benefiting landowners, not the general tax base. However, a recent decision by the...
by Web Geeks | Nov 11, 2025 | News
Executive Summary A frequent challenge for municipal councils and drainage superintendents is dealing with assessment appeals based on a landowner’s personal belief that their assessment is “too high.” Landowners often argue that technical...
by Web Geeks | Feb 21, 2024 | News
Financial Umbrellas Tax shelters are like financial umbrellas that people or businesses use to protect some of their money from taxes. Think of them as strategies to keep more of your earnings in your pocket, legally. Some typical examples of well-known tax strategies...
by Web Geeks | Feb 5, 2024 | News
Legal Realism Legal realism and its extension, law in society, postulates a core tenet, that law is the product of human emotions, not objective nor static, and definitely not sacrosanct. Whether by design or inadvertence, the rules of the legal system and indeed the...
by Web Geeks | Nov 10, 2023 | News
What is a Power of Attorney A Power of Attorney is a legal document that empowers you to appoint a trusted individual to make decisions on your behalf in situations where you are unable to do so due to illness, injury, or any other reason, while you are still alive....
