Published articles and Media mentions

Karima Kanani featured in the Law Times on building a successful career

Law Times, "Miller Thomson partner Karima Kanani on why she doesn't buy into the term 'work-life balance'"

Corporate lawyer and Miller Thomson partner Karima Kanani believes people need to integrate their work and personal life to best suit them and does not buy into the phrase “work-life balance.” “I don’t have a start time or a finished […]

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Stephen Hsia featured in The Globe and Mail article on selecting an executor for a will

The Globe and Mail, "Why you might need to update the executor in your will as you get older"

The article outlines the importance of choosing an executor and some of the factors to consider when making that decision: Stephen Hsia, a Vancouver lawyer specializing in estate planning with Miller Thomson LLP, has a “three T” rule for executor […]

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BC overhauls lien regime as new Commercial Liens Act receives royal assent

On March 31, 2022, British Columbia passed new legislation that will reform and consolidate the law on commercial liens in British Columbia. Bill 11 – 2022: Commercial Liens Act (the “CLA”) will modernize this area of the law and establish […]

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Eric Sherkin comments on the interplay of virtual versus in-person trials on court operations

Law Times "Lawyers increasingly concerned about interplay between virtual and in-person court operations"

Eric Sherkin speaks about the interplay of virtual versus in-person trials in court operations. In the article, Eric discusses the possible questions that lawyers may have as the system sees technical changes and how these changes have standardized the use […]

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Straight Talk: Recent Trends in Canadian M&A (Issue 1, 2022)

In addition to our quarterly Canadian M&A Review, this edition features insights from our Partners on the outlook for 2022.

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Charitable donations to Ukraine: Four problematic assumptions

The Lawyer's Daily

Stephen Hsia authors an article for The Lawyer’s Daily outlining some problematic assumptions to be aware of when making charitable donations: Canadians are concerned about the armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Donors and charities want to help — […]

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Doing Charity: Revisiting Charity Law’s Distinction between Purposes and Activities

Perspectives on Tax Law & Policy (March 2022)

Adam Parachin authored an article on charity law’s distinction between purposes and activities. Charitable registration under the ITA is a momentous event in the life of a charity. But it is merely a beginning. From this point onward, the charity […]

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Registered Charities and Revenue Generation: Where to Now?

Perspectives on Tax Law & Policy (March 2022), Canadian Tax Foundation

Susan Manwaring authored an article on the key recommendations from the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector to support charities’ revenue-generating activities. In its 2019 report, the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector discussed the role of charities […]

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Brittany Sud quoted in Investment Executive article on reporting rules for bare trusts

Investment Executive, "Expanded reporting rules for bare trusts have estate practitioners uneasy"

Brittany Sud is quoted in an Investment Executive article that delves into the federal government’s proposal to expand trust reporting rules to cover “bare trusts”. Bare trusts are also used to mitigate or plan around the relatively high estate administration […]

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Advancing our clients’ business ambitions: Representative 2021 transactions

The M&A and Capital Markets teams at Miller Thomson have advised on a variety of transactions during 2021 that highlight our cross-industry depth and multi-jurisdictional capabilities. See examples of these transactions in this recently released document.

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