Legal Terms: Chapter Ten - Other Areas of Law

Question 1

Taxation Law

Answer 1

Complex, wide-ranging area of public law encompassing federal, provincial and municipal taxation laws applicable to personal, property and business income, capital gains, property ownership and sales transactions

Question 2

Insurance Law

Answer 2

Area of private law based on a contract between an insured person and an insurer (usually a large insurance company); covers many topics, including risk planning for businesses and individuals, handling of claims, interpretation of contract clauses and fiduciary obligation.

Question 3

Elder Law

Answer 3

Area of private law that covers the various legal issues facing the elderly

Question 4

Succession Law

Answer 4

Area of private law that covers issues concerning wills and estates and the transmission of property upon death.

Question 5

Trusts (law of )

Answer 5

Private law area dealing with how trusts are created, the relationship between the legal owner of property (the trustee) and the equitable owner (or beneficiary), the regulation of trust relationships by legislation and the remedies for breach of trust

Question 6

Litigation Procedures

Answer 6

Procedural law area involving court and tribunal procedures in civil proceedings and including such matters as the steps involved in commencing action, notice requirements and time limitations.

Question 7

Evidence (law of)

Answer 7

Procedural law area detailing rules relevant in all matters of proof, including non-litigious situations such as applying for licences but more commonly in court and tribunal proceedings.

Question 8

Creditor’s Remedies

Answer 8

Procedural law area that governs techniques available to creditors to collect their debts, including pre-judgement garnishment of bank accounts, post-judgement garnishment of wages, seizure and sales of motor vehicles, and the registration of judgments against real property.

Question 9

Environmental Law

Answer 9

Hybrid area of law with public law and private law aspects involving land, air and water pollution that has a large regulatory component.

Question 10

Conflict of Laws

Answer 10

Area of law (also referred to as private internation law) that covers private law disputes that have an interprovincial or international component

Question 11

Admiralty (or maritime law)

Answer 11

Area of law that concerns maritime trade and commerce that has a private international law component.