Halifax Business Lawyer | Halifax Lawyer | Corporate Lawyer http://entrepreneurlaw.ca Business lawyer | Halifax lawyer | Corporate Lawyer | incorporate a business | small business | starting a business | Halifax business lawyer | Business law | law for entrepreneurs Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:05:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Law Update – (Ontario Court of Appeal decision released May 13, 2013) http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/law-update-ontario-court-of-appeal-decision-released-may-13-2013/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/law-update-ontario-court-of-appeal-decision-released-may-13-2013/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:02:46 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=583 *As published on Wickwire Holm’s Business Law News – June 2013 Hold on a Moment – The Ontario Court of Appeal’s Consideration of Continuing Guarantees and Material Changes By: Will Russell, Summer Law Student, Wickwire Holm Lenders across the country can now breathe a sigh of relief as the Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned the [...]

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/law-update-ontario-court-of-appeal-decision-released-may-13-2013/feed/ 0 How a Shareholders Agreement can help a small business weather an early shareholder dispute http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/how-a-shareholders-agreement-can-help-a-small-business-weather-an-early-shareholder-dispute/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/how-a-shareholders-agreement-can-help-a-small-business-weather-an-early-shareholder-dispute/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:26:48 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=577 How a Shareholders Agreement can keep an Infant small business alive -          By Garnet Brooks, Halifax Business Lawyer Most Entrepreneurs have heard their lawyer and advisers discussing how shareholders agreements are useful for managing contingencies over the long term in situations where there is an incorporated business with more than one shareholder.  However, these important agreements can [...]

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/how-a-shareholders-agreement-can-help-a-small-business-weather-an-early-shareholder-dispute/feed/ 0 Loan Security: How a common practice by lenders could inadvertently void a guarantee http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/loan-security-how-a-common-practice-by-lenders-could-inadvertently-void-a-guarantee/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/loan-security-how-a-common-practice-by-lenders-could-inadvertently-void-a-guarantee/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:24:39 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=573 Loan Security:  How a common practice by lenders could inadvertently void a guarantee Originally published at the Wickwire Holm website www.wickwireholm.com) By Garnet Brooks, Business Lawyer According to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the June 2012 case of Royal Bank v Samson Management & Solutions Ltd., 2012 ONSC 3612 [Samson], a lender can lose its [...]

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/loan-security-how-a-common-practice-by-lenders-could-inadvertently-void-a-guarantee/feed/ 0 7 Great Reasons to Incorporate a Business http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/how-to-start-a-business/how-can-a-business-lawyer-help-me-deciding-whether-or-not-to-incorporate/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/how-to-start-a-business/how-can-a-business-lawyer-help-me-deciding-whether-or-not-to-incorporate/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:20:25 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=559 By: Garnet E. Brooks, Business Lawyer, Wickwire Holm This article is part of a series of short, informative articles designed to assist entrepreneurs and business people to become aware of how a business lawyer can help them understand business legal issues. Should I incorporate or not? One of the first decisions an entrepreneur makes is [...]

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/how-to-start-a-business/how-can-a-business-lawyer-help-me-deciding-whether-or-not-to-incorporate/feed/ 0 Visit the Wickwire Holm Business Law Group booth at the Halifax Entrepreneur Expo March 21, 2013 – 9 am – 3 pm http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/visit-the-wickwire-holm-business-law-group-booth-at-the-halifax-entrepreneur-expo-march-21-2013-9-am-3-pm/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/visit-the-wickwire-holm-business-law-group-booth-at-the-halifax-entrepreneur-expo-march-21-2013-9-am-3-pm/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:37:07 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=554 I will be at the Halifax Entrepreneur Expo together with my colleague Daniel Pink tomorrow.  Come and have a chat with us, and see how our Business Law Group lawyers can help you and your business. **Wickwire Holm Barristers and Solicitors – Business Law Group Expo – will be at the Cunard Centre 9 am [...]

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/visit-the-wickwire-holm-business-law-group-booth-at-the-halifax-entrepreneur-expo-march-21-2013-9-am-3-pm/feed/ 0 Wickwire Holm client among the top two nationally! http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/a-resource-post/wickwire-holm-client-outperforms-most-of-canada/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/a-resource-post/wickwire-holm-client-outperforms-most-of-canada/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:07:19 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=517 Wickwire Holm extends a well deserved congratulations to Patrick Johnston and his team at Century 21 Team One Realty Inc., of Dartmouth, on being recognized as the #2 Sales Team in all of Canada.  This award was given at the Century 21 awards on March 4th, 2013.  Patrick leads a team of dedicated and innovative [...]

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/a-resource-post/canadian-securities-law-link/feed/ 0 Link to Nova Scotia Laws on the Web http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/a-resource-post/link-to-nova-scotia-laws-on-the-web/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/a-resource-post/link-to-nova-scotia-laws-on-the-web/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:42:20 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=511 The link below will take you to the Nova Scotia government website which provides a link to all of the provincial statutes for Nova Scotia. http://novascotia.ca/just/acts.asp

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/a-resource-post/link-to-nova-scotia-laws-on-the-web/feed/ 0 Wickwire Holm’s Business Law Newsletter – January 2013 http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/a-resource-post/wickwire-holms-business-law-newsletter-january-2013/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/a-resource-post/wickwire-holms-business-law-newsletter-january-2013/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:02:29 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=499 In this month’s Wickwire Holm business law newsletter, Daniel Pink reviews an Ontario court case about deceptive domain names.  Check it out here.

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/a-resource-post/wickwire-holms-business-law-newsletter-january-2013/feed/ 0 What is a “Shotgun” clause, and how does it work? http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/shareholders-agreement/how-to-use-a-shotgun-to-settle-a-dispute/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/shareholders-agreement/how-to-use-a-shotgun-to-settle-a-dispute/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:38:39 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=477 - By Garnet Brooks, Business Lawyer (Wickwire Holm) It’s quite common, unfortunately, for new small business entrepreneurs to make the decision not to get a shareholders agreement when starting out.  Common reasons given include that they want to make sure things go well, and make some money before investing in a shareholders’ agreement, they are [...]

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/shareholders-agreement/how-to-use-a-shotgun-to-settle-a-dispute/feed/ 0 Wickwire Holm Business Law Newsletter – November 2012 http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/wickwire-holm-business-law-newsletter-november-2012/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/wickwire-holm-business-law-newsletter-november-2012/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:43:31 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=472 This month’s edition includes a discussion on inadvertent waiver of solicitor and client privilege, as well as keeping corporate registrations updated; View  Wickwire Holm’s November 2012 Business Law Newsletter      

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/business-law/wickwire-holm-business-law-newsletter-november-2012/feed/ 0 Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make: the Danger of not Registering a Corporation or Business Name http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/how-to-start-a-business/entrepreneur-law/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/how-to-start-a-business/entrepreneur-law/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:36:48 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=425 By Garnet Brooks, Business Lawyer In a previous article on sole proprietorship, I described that there are consequences to operating a business under an unregistered business name.  An example of this is illustrated in a Nova Scotia Small Claims Court decision by Adjudicator Eric Slone in Cole v.  Mark Lively Welding Ltd., 2012 NSSM 23. [...]

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/how-to-start-a-business/entrepreneur-law/feed/ 0 Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make – Get it in Writing! http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/starting-a-business/legal-mistakes-entrepreneurs-make-get-it-in-writing/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/starting-a-business/legal-mistakes-entrepreneurs-make-get-it-in-writing/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:24:35 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=406 Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make – Get it in Writing! “This case is yet another example of the all too frequent situation where parties in on-going commercial relationships fail to set out clearly the incidents of that relationship once it became apparent that the commercial relationship would become long-term rather than short-term in nature.” The above [...]

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/starting-a-business/legal-mistakes-entrepreneurs-make-get-it-in-writing/feed/ 2 Canadian Aboriginal Law Blog by Brian Hebert http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/aboriginal-business-law/canadian-aboriginal-law-blog-by-brian-hebert/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/aboriginal-business-law/canadian-aboriginal-law-blog-by-brian-hebert/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:32:42 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=376 Brian Hebert is a partner at Wickwire Holm in Halifax.  Brian has been practising Aboriginal law for a considerable part of his career.  Brian’s law blog is called Canadian Aboriginal Law, and it discusses Aboriginal legal issues in Canada. Check out Canadian Aboriginal Law at  http://canadianaboriginallaw.com.    

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]]> http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/aboriginal-business-law/canadian-aboriginal-law-blog-by-brian-hebert/feed/ 0 The Business Corporation – Limited liability and the corporate entity http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/starting-a-business/what-is-a-corporation-businesscorporation/ http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/starting-a-business/what-is-a-corporation-businesscorporation/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:46:46 +0000 Garnet Brooks http://entrepreneurlaw.ca/?p=366 The Business Corporation: Limited liability and the corporate entity by: Garnet Brooks What is a Corporation? Entrepreneurship involves risk.  One of the most common ways entrepreneurs limit their risk is through the operation of a corporate entity, known as a corporation, or company. A corporation or company is a creation of law.  The federal legislation [...]

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