Category: Blog Update

LAND OWNER TRANSPARENCY ACT – A New Beneficial Ownership Registry

In September 2018, B.C.’s Minister of Finance appointed the Expert Panel on Money Laundering to review money laundering in B.C.’s real estate market. Billions of dollars were laundered through B.C.’s real estate market in 2018. This was achieved, in part, by a landowner’s ability to hide their indirect (or beneficial) ownership in land through corporations, […]

Waterstone Law Group welcomes new partner, Amy Sidhu

Waterstone Law Group is pleased to announce that Amy Sidhu has joined the partnership, effective January 1, 2019. Amy has been with Waterstone Law since 2013 and is a member of the business law group at our Abbotsford office. In her corporate and commercial practice, Amy advises and assists business clients throughout their company’s life cycle, […]

The Power Ride

Magda Grala and Amy Sidhu, on behalf of Waterstone Law Group LLP, are delighted to be part of the team organizing and sponsoring the inaugural Power Ride in support of those injured in the utility trade. The Power Ride takes place on August 22, 2015, starting at Barnes Harley Davidson in Langley, BC at 9:30 am and ending with lunch in Whistler, […]

General Litigation Lawyer

Are you looking to make a career move?  Now is the time! Waterstone is looking for a General Litigation Lawyer who is interested in developing and growing a practice in general civil and commercial litigation.  Employment law is an option, but more importantly, this is a great opportunity for someone wanting to find their litigation niche and run with […]

Computerized Hiring in BC

In the most recent posts on our BC Employment Lawyer Blog, we are discussing the emerging trend of computerized hiring and its potential impact on employers, employees, and employment law in general. There is little doubt that technology will affect employment law, and as you’ll read, it may already be chipping away at the age old phrase […]

Waterstone Welcomes Amy Sidhu

We are pleased to welcome our newest lawyer, Amy Sidhu, to the Waterstone team! Amy will be working primarily out of our Chilliwack office as part of our corporate commercial and real estate development groups. Amy was born and raised in Abbotsford. After completing her Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Victoria in […]

BC’s New Limitation Act – What Employees Need to Know

There’s a new blog post for employees over on our BC Employment Lawyer Blog. We are discussing BC’s new Limitation Act and how recent changes have impacted the limitation periods for employment related claims.

Passports for Children

An issue often arising from a family breakdown is the difficulty in acquiring passports for children under the age of 16. In today’s blog post on our Family Law Blog, we discuss some of the reasons for passport processing difficulties, and, more importantly, offers up a few useful, preventative steps that parents can take to minimize the […]

Partnership Agreements

Are you an employee who has been asked to join a partnership?  A partner being forced to leave? In today’s blog post over at our employment law blog, Daniel Sorensen discusses Partnership Agreements and how a recent decision by the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling that partners are not employees affects those considering, entering […]

Linking Email and Social Media to Family Violence

In today’s blog post over at www.bcfamilylawyerblog.ca, Janette Kovacs discusses the new Family Law Act and how it’s broadened definition of “family violence” may cause the Courts to view hurtful, mean, threatening and harassing instant communication, either by email, Facebook, Twitter, text messages or other forms of instant communication as a form of violence.