McInnes Cooper is pleased to announce the addition of Robert I. S. MacGregor as Counsel in our Charlottetown office. Robert joins our Corporate and Business practice, bringing extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, secured financing, real estate transactions, corporate and tax restructuring, estate planning, cross-border transactions and immigration law.
Robert obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Prince Edward Island, a Master of Business Administration from Saint Mary’s University and a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University. He is a member of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island and the Canadian Bar Association.
Welcome Robert!
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Mar 2, 2023
All businesses need written contracts. Determining what written contracts are essential depends on many factors, including the nature of the…
Jan 27, 2023
The New Brunswick government has proposed significant amendments to the New Brunswick Business Corporations Act. Bill 24 An Act to Amend the…
Jan 19, 2023
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May 2, 2022
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Feb 23, 2022
On April 1, 2022, changes to the Newfoundland and Labrador Corporations Act proposed in Bill 24 An Act to Amend the Corporations Act will take…
Jan 25, 2022
More and more people are using smart contracts: the global smart contracts market was valued at USD $145M in 2020; it’s projected to be valued…
Nov 19, 2021
To help realtors better prepare their clients to ensure smooth real estate transactions with timely closings, here are the answers to the 10…
Nov 5, 2021
Purchasing commercial real estate as an investment, as a component of a business startup or as one asset in the share purchase of an existing…
Aug 5, 2021
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Mar 26, 2021
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Mar 1, 2021
The Supreme Court of Canada continues to develop and clarify the organizing principle of good faith performance in contract law. In its 2014…
Jan 18, 2021
The Supreme Court of Canada, in the 2014 case of Bhasin v. Hrynew, recognized a general organizing principle of good faith performance in…
Nov 24, 2020
An economic downturn can result in an M&A uptick: there can be more attractive targets on the market, and sellers can be more motivated to…
Oct 5, 2020
On October 2, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified the existence and application of the anti-deprivation rule in Canadian bankruptcy law.…
Sep 29, 2020
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Jun 12, 2020
The financial technology (Fintech) industry uses technology to support and enhance financial and banking services.
May 11, 2020
McInnes Cooper partner Michael Melvin and Student-at-Law Myriam Whalen provide a detailed Legal Digest in the Spring 2020 Edition of The…
May 11, 2020
The Supreme Court of Canada recently released a much-awaited decision regarding the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). The CCAA is…
Mar 10, 2020
The global COVID-19 (a.k.a. Coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2) outbreak has implications for many commercial relationships, its evolving nature and…
Jun 26, 2019
Information disclosure is a key theme that emerges from Canada’s new cannabis regulatory regime: the government wants lots of information from…
May 21, 2019
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Apr 29, 2019
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Sep 10, 2018
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Jun 12, 2018
This publication has been updated as at July 8, 2022. Changes to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) over the past several years have…
Jan 12, 2018
Whether a provincial court will grant police a “production order” under the Criminal Code of Canada requiring a non-Canadian company to…
Dec 23, 2017
Parents often threaten their children that if their behaviour did not improve they will get a lump of coal in their Christmas stockings. On…
Dec 22, 2017
Blockchain technology has already been a transformative force in a number of sectors. Its most prominent use to date has been as the…
Nov 20, 2017
October 2, 2017 marked the end of the consultation period relating to the taxation of private corporation proposals the Department of Finance…
Nov 17, 2017
It’s official: as of October 31, 2017, “facilitation payments” contravene Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA).…
Oct 31, 2017
On October 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that a bank that pays out on a fraudulent cheque has the protection of section 20(5)…
Oct 11, 2017
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Sep 22, 2017
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Aug 28, 2017
Recently, the Federal Court of Appeal confirmed that a tax debtor’s bankruptcy does not extinguish the federal Crown’s priority to proceeds…
Aug 16, 2017
In the not-so-distant past, Canadian enforcement of its anti-corruption and anti-bribery legal regime has been relatively laid-back. But the…
Aug 4, 2017
On July 18, 2017, Canada’s Minister of Finance released proposed changes to the Income Tax Act (Canada) that, if implemented, will mark one of…
Jul 17, 2017
A corporation does not always sail in calm or safe waters. Cash shortages, unattainable or unmet goals, Board disagreements over the best course…
Jul 13, 2017
When growing your business, you face many decisions, including choosing the business structure that is right for you. Your legal team can be…
Jul 11, 2017
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) is making waves in Canada, and for good reason: it casts the net of…
Jun 28, 2017
On June 28, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed a Canadian court can issue an interlocutory injunction (an order requiring an entity or…
Jun 23, 2017
On June 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that in a contest between the choice of forum clause in Facebook’s online terms of use…
Apr 28, 2017
On April 24, 2017, the N.S. Government issued regulations that will finally allow the Builders’ Lien Act amendments permitting early release…
Apr 21, 2017
In three years (lightning speed in the law), medically assisted dying went from being illegal to being legal. A great deal has changed, a great…
Apr 20, 2017
On April 13, 2017, Canada’s federal government introduced legislation that, if passed into law, will legalize recreational cannabis in Canada.…
Apr 6, 2017
Adding a third jurisdiction to Gard Update’s comparison between privilege in the corporate context under U.S. and English law, McInnes Cooper…
Apr 5, 2017
NOTE: Consultants who were already lobbying and in-house lobbyists already employed by an organization when the new Act took effect were…
Mar 30, 2017
Social media platforms, like Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook and GooglePlus, arguably have more followers and are more closely…
Mar 30, 2017
There are very few examples of a Canadian court interpreting and opining on the provisions of an information technology contract. So the Ontario…
Jan 25, 2017
Doing business with the public sector creates an often overlooked – but very real – risk that the confidential information a business…
Jan 20, 2017
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Dec 22, 2016
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Dec 14, 2016
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Dec 5, 2016
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Nov 22, 2016
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Nov 22, 2016
There is an old expression about “selling the Brooklyn Bridge”. Recently, a bankrupt subcontractor attempted to register a lien against the…
Nov 22, 2016
Canada’s most important trading relationship might undergo some change with the results of the 2016 U.S. election. Facilitating cross-border…
Sep 23, 2016
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Sep 12, 2016
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Aug 15, 2016
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Aug 9, 2016
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Jun 30, 2016
As of June 25, 2016, provincially regulated workers and employers in Nova Scotia, Quebec, BC and Saskatchewan can participate in Pooled…
Jun 30, 2016
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Jun 20, 2016
As of July 1, 2016, packed cargo containers to which the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), Chapter VI, Regulation…
Jun 20, 2016
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Jun 17, 2016
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Jun 6, 2016
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May 24, 2016
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May 10, 2016
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May 9, 2016
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May 2, 2016
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May 2, 2016
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Apr 12, 2016
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Mar 24, 2016
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Oct 19, 2015
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May 25, 2015
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Apr 2, 2015
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Mar 30, 2015
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Mar 3, 2015
Snow can be a big nuisance at this time of year, but snow load - the weight of the snow, usually measured in pounds per square foot - can be…
Nov 14, 2014
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Sep 16, 2014
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Sep 11, 2014
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Aug 1, 2014
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Apr 29, 2014
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Nov 1, 2013
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Aug 28, 2013
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May 31, 2010
In Franchise Canada’s May/June 2010 “Ask A Legal Expert” feature, McInnes Cooper franchise lawyer Michael Melvin answers this question for…
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