Lawyer Michael A. Wills
455 Pelissier Street N9A6Z9 Windsor, ON, Canada

Open Houses Permitted! Effective August 12, 2020 municipalities in the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit region entered Stage 3. The prohibition on open houses h...as been lifted. Consider the following recommendations in conjunction with other best practices when holding or visiting an open house: - Stay at home and away from others if you are feeling ill or have symptoms; - Plan in advance and prepare the personal protective equipment you will need; - Wear a face covering; - Self assess for symptoms; - Record your name and contact information to support effective contact tracing; - Prepare and abide by a turn-based and attendance limited viewing schedule to ensure social distancing within the home; - Avoid interaction with high-touch surfaces and sanitize on entry and exit. - Call Michael Wills at 519-255-4376 when you're ready to close.

McTague Law Firm's residential real estate law team continues to serve its clients in Ontario during this challenging time. We have made changes to how we provi...de services in order to respect social distancing guidelines and to ensure a safe workplace for staff and clients, but we continue to operate effectively to close all existing and new residential real estate transactions. In order to keep transactions moving and ensure your plans to buy, sell, or refinance can continue, the Provincial Government has exempted real estate offices, banks/credit unions, financial institutions, insurance companies, lawyers, and movers from the March 23 business closure order. All of the services and professionals you need to complete residential real estate transactions continue to be available. Contact Michael Wills at [email protected] for more information, or visit our Residential Real Estate fees disclosure at: https://www.mctaguelaw.com/residential-real-estate-fees/

List of Essential Workplaces The Office of the Premier has released the list of Essential Workplaces. These businesses and workplaces, including for-profit and non-profit, are exempt from the closure requirements imposed on March 23, 2020. The complete list can be found here: https://s3.amazonaws.com//list-of-essential-workplaces-2.h Some notable exemptions the impact persons I work with and for include, but are in no way limited to, the following (with original paragraph n...Continue reading

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Two forklift drivers convicted under OHSA for using cellphones while engaged in the operation (including stationary operation) of forklift. "...the circumstance of a worker operating equipment in a manner that may endanger himself or another worker under s. 28(2)(b) should be interpreted broadly to include a worker using a cellphone while standing beside a turned-off stationary forklift or while sitting on a turned-off stationary forklift in a work area where there are the pr...esence of other workers and workers using equipment or machines." -- Quon J.P. This is a work refusal case and not related to an accident or injury. A third driver refused to work while other forklift operators were engaged in the use of cellphones on the plant floor. Michael A. WIlls: https://www.mctaguelaw.com/wrongful-dismissal-lawyer https://www.canlii.org//d/2018/2018oncj321/2018oncj321.pdf

Recent legal update and newsletter from our labour and employment law team. Good information on workplace drug use in advance of October 2018. Check it out: https://mctaguelaw.com/labour-employment-newsletter-volume/

A Brampton couple were in breach of contract and will be required to pay damages resulting from a broken real estate deal, after backing out of an unconditional agreement in the face of a dramatic drop in the market. Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Sweeny wrote in his judgment, "A drop in real estate values, even a dramatic drop, would not meet the test of frustration, impossibility or be a force majeure." Michael Wills - https://mctaguelaw.com/real-estate-lawyer

In Beatty v. Wei, the parties entered into an agreement of purchase and sale (APS) in May 2016 for a residential property in Toronto. The purchase price was $916,000 and was secured by a $30,000 deposit. The APS contained a standard representation and warranty concerning illegal substances. The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently rejected the home buyer’s attempt to rescind the real estate deal on the grounds that the house in question had previously been used as a marijuana grow-op. At the time the APS was signed, the sellers were not aware of the prior use as a grow-op in 2004. Michael Wills - https://mctaguelaw.com/real-estate-lawyer

Getting employment contract language correct is tremendously important, especially the termination provisions. Courts are very quick to find problems with employment agreements that restrict employee rights to notice of termination. In this case, the lower court worked a little too hard at it, according to the Court of Appeal. Michael Wills - https://www.mctaguelaw.com/wrongful-dismissal-lawyer