Frontenac Law Association’s 2025 Six Under Six for Six: Disabilities in Divorce Proceedings AND Bail Courts AND Zombie Deeds AND Capacity Issues AND Workplace Investigations AND Sales of Goods Act

Clarifying the Role of Young Adults Living with Disabilities in Divorce Act Proceedings - Focus on how parenting orders engage adult capacity when a “child of the marriage” is 18+ and disabled. Outlines required capacity assessments, participation rights, and tailored evidentiary records before interim or final parenting relief. Practical steps cover timing, scope, and safeguards that respect autonomy while limiting exposure to parental conflict.

Ontario’s Bail Courts: Problems and Potential Solutions - Surveys backlog, overreliance on sureties, and risk-averse bail culture against the presumption of innocence and the right to reasonable bail. Highlights targeted fixes: streamlined written records, tighter relevance in surety cross-examination, and smarter screening to reserve contested hearings for true disputes.

 Zombie Deeds: What Are They and Why Should We Keep Talking About Them? - Explains late-registered land transfers after a transferor’s death and why they clash with land titles certifications and lawyer law statements. Maps the compliant route: court relief (e.g., certificate of pending litigation, declaratory relief, vesting orders) instead of post-death registration, plus file hygiene to avoid inadvertent “zombies.”

Capacity Conundrum: Issues to Consider - Distills litigation capacity versus property or personal-care capacity. Sets the test in litigation contexts—understanding options, consequences, instructions, and relevance—and flags how to brief assessors, build the record, and protect settlements and proceedings from later capacity challenges. 

Don’t Sweep it Under the Rug: The Critical Role of Workplace Investigations - Sets statutory triggers under occupational health and safety and human rights regimes. Walks through investigator independence, notice of allegations, confidentiality, fair hearings, timely conclusions, and compliant outcome letters. Offers guidance on when to retain external investigators and how to preserve privilege. 

When Risk Shifts: Exclusion Clauses and the Sale of Goods Act -
Covers how implied conditions (description, quality, fitness) can be contracted out by express agreement. Unpacks modern interpretation: courts read clauses in commercial context, not just for “magic words,” while warning that clear drafting and explicit statutory references remain best practice—and that consumer rules can bar exclusions.