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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Scott Bell |Anna Sigurdson
Effective January 21, 2025, family members of internationalstudents and foreign workers face increased restrictions to theeligibility criteria for obtaining an open work permit("OWP"). These changes to a family's eligibility foran OWP are part of the broad measures that were previously announced in September 2024 byImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
mltaikins.com | Scott Bell |Anna Sigurdson |Scott BellAnna Sigurdson
Effective January 21, 2025, family members of international students and foreign workers face increased restrictions to the eligibility criteria for obtaining an open work permit (“OWP”). These changes to a family’s eligibility for an OWP are part of the broad measures that were previously announced in September 2024 by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Scott Bell |Anna Sigurdson
Recent amendments to Canadian immigration regulations now allow
international students to work part-time up to 24 hours per week
off-campus without a work permit, an increase from the previous 20
hours.
The following Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee
Protection Regulations (Designated Learning Institutions) were
published on by the Government of Canada in early November.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
mltaikins.com | Scott Bell |Anna Sigurdson |Scott BellAnna Sigurdson
The following Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Designated Learning Institutions) were published on by the Government of Canada in early November. Effective November 8, 2024, the new regulations enable full-time international students to work off-campus without needing a separate work permit. This increase in allowable work hours is intended to help students offset living costs in Canada.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Anna Sigurdson |Scott Bell
If you have a connection to Canada because one or both of your
parents were Canadian citizens, or if you are the spouse, partner
or dependent child of a current Canadian citizen or permanent
residency holder, obtaining Canadian permanent residency or
citizenship may be a viable option.
The first route to Canada that may be considered is
citizenship.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Isobel D'Inverno |Bob Langridge |Karen Davidson |Alan BaRr |Alan Barr |Neil D Ritchie | +5 more
In a statement to Parliament on Monday 29 July 2024 Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, confirmed that her first Budget will be delivered on Wednesday 30 October, and announced a number of significant tax changes.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jordon Reid |Scott Bell
The CIS (Construction Industry Scheme) is a mandatory tax deduction scheme applicable to payments to contractors and subcontractors. Here we consider it in the context of Scottish commercial leases, in particular landlord contributions to tenant works. What is the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)? The CIS is a mandatory tax deduction scheme that obliges contractors to make tax deductions from payments made to subcontractors under construction contracts.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Scott Bell |Anna Sigurdson
With this limitation removed, a parent who is a Canadian citizen
can now pass Canadian citizenship to a child born abroad where the
parent was either born in Canada or became a citizen before the
child's birth. Prior to this amendment, Canadian parents born
abroad could not pass Canadian citizenship to a child also born
abroad.
Bill C-71 was following the Ontario Superior Court of
Justice's finding of the above limitation to be
unconstitutional in a decision dated December 19, 2023.
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May 28, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Scott Bell
What is SDLT MDR? It is a relief available to buyers of residential or mixed use property in England and Northern Ireland when two or more dwellings are acquired in a single transaction or over a series of linked transactions.
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May 7, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Scott Bell
Le groupe Régimes de retraite, avantages sociaux et
rémunération des dirigeants de McCarthy
Tétrault a pris bonne note de l'intention du
gouvernement d'inciter les fonds de pension canadiens à
investir davantage au pays, comme en faisait mention
l'Énoncé économique de l'automne de
2023. Le budget fédéral de 2024 annonce maintenant
deux initiatives clés à cet égard :
Mise sur pied d'un groupe de travail.
