Archive for July, 2008

Deductibility of Legal Fees

On Strictly Legal I mentioned, almost in passing, that legal fees in family law cases are sometimes deductible for income tax purposes. Little did I know that it would trigger a wave of inquiries. For some reason, a number of family law lawyers have not mentioned to their clients that legal (read more...)

Lottery Litigation

On January 31, 2008, my topic on Strictly Legal was taking a look at some of the unpleasant situations in which people find themselves after winning a lottery.  You probably thought that winning the lottery would make life easy.  Well, based on the cases I have seen, you might want (read more...)

Wills and Estates - A Popular Topic

I used to think that family law was the number one topic of Strictly Legal, but the shows that I had on January 24th and February 7th, 2008 have proved me wrong. Wills and estates is the most popular topic, hands down. On January 24, 2008, Ian Hull, a partner (read more...)