By: Nathan Green Money does strange things to people. Knowing they have a lawyer who won’t – usually – bill them, my friends and family often come to me with various contracts they want me to look over for them. However in my general practice contract review is a small part of what I [&hellip
Read More >>December 5th, 2013
By: Nathan Green Movies and television often talk about numbered companies as some kind of slippery, underhanded, business entity – or at least one more likely to engage in questionable or illegal practices than a named company. However the reality is a bit different. In Ontario when you are setting up a company you [&hellip
Read More >>December 4th, 2013
By: Nathan Green I have written before about the function of a Shareholders Agreement for any company with more than one shareholder. I noted at the time that there are many important elements of a Shareholders Agreement and today I would like to address one that is often overlooked by clients – the matters which [&hellip
Read More >>November 18th, 2013
By: Nathan Green Most of the documents produced by lawyers are ones you hope to never use. A Shareholder’s Agreement is a perfect example of this. Everyone’s hope, when the document is made, is that it is never needed. But when it is needed it will be worth ten, a hundred, or a thousand [&hellip
Read More >>November 12th, 2013
By Nathan Green As I have been writing over the past several weeks there are many good reasons to have a minute book updated. One of the most critical however is because of errors that may be recorded in it. Lawyers, accountants, and others who might do work on a minute book are people and [&hellip
Read More >>October 28th, 2013
By: Nathan Green Corporations have an obligation to ensure that everyone they contract with knows they are dealing with a corporation. This is a matter of both legislation and judge made common law. A great deal of money can be spent establishing a corporation to protect its owners’ from liability and it can all be [&hellip
Read More >>October 18th, 2013
By: Nathan Green Business names expire every five years if not renewed. Has yours? Many corporations are incorporated as numbered companies, or with a name they do not intend to use generally, but then register a business name which they show to the public. What they might not be aware of is that business names [&hellip
Read More >>October 18th, 2013
By: Nathan Green This will be the first article in a series written for small and mid-sized business owners about the importance of keeping their corporate minute book up to date. This is a task that is often ignored but can result in very serious consequences. This series of blogs aims to explore some of [&hellip
Read More >>October 18th, 2013