Your Protection as a Good Samaritan

Your Protection as a Good Samaritan

The federal government has been promoting for some time its new Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act. The measure aims to prevent drug overdoses in the context of the opioid crisis. Anyone who calls 911 in such a context, as well as anyone who remains on the scene...
The Simulation

The Simulation

In civil law, we talk about simulation when people simulate a legal situation that does not reflect reality. For example, people can agree to buy a building together, but as one of them has bad credit, only one of them will be the owner on the legal...
The Importance of Keeping Your Word

The Importance of Keeping Your Word

You plan on starting a business and you visit commercial buildings where you could set up shop. During a visit, you come across a place that is not ideal but that could work, and the price is good. The owner tells you that a potential tenant is strongly interested and...
Civil responsibility: Who’s at fault?

Civil responsibility: Who’s at fault?

All persons are subject to a general obligation of good conduct and, in the event of failure to comply, they may be required to compensate others for any damage caused. This is referred to as non-contractual civil liability, as opposed to contractual liability, which...