Jana Farhat, Notaire. Title Attorney

12/25/2017

11/29/2017

Companies will no longer be allowed to charge fees for unlocking cell phones. In fact, beginning December 1st 2017, all devices will be sold unlocked, and those purchased before that date can be unlocked for free.

11/23/2017

A patient generally has the right to accept or refuse medical care. However, for the choice to be valid, the decision must rest on his/her free and enlightened consent. In other words, the agreement must be given voluntarily and after receiving all the necessary medical information.

L’acceptation ou le refus de recevoir des soins appartient en principe au patient. Toutefois, pour que le consentement soit valide, il doit être libre (donné de plein gré) et éclairé (donné en pleine connaissance de cause).

11/16/2017

By law, what are the 3 grounds for a divorce?

1) The spouses have been living apart for at least a year;
2) One spouse committed adultery (cheated);
3) One spouse treated the other with physical or mental cruelty to the point that living together is no longer possible for the spouse who was mistreated.

11/09/2017

We all know that talking on a cellphone while driving is breaking the law. But did you know that “USING” your cellphone to check the time or look up a route also constitutes an offence to the Highway Safety Code?

Nous savons tous que parler au cellulaire en conduisant, c'est enfreindre la loi. Mais saviez-vous qu’« UTILISER » son cellulaire pour regarder l’heure ou pour chercher son chemin constitue également une infraction au Code de la sécurité routière?

11/01/2017

True or False? After she is married, a woman can officially use her spouse's name.

❌ False. A wife usually keeps her name (as indicated on her birth certificate) after marriage. Nonetheless, she may introduce herself using her husband's name.

10/25/2017

True or False? When buying a property, the choice of the acting notary usually belongs to the seller.

❌ False. In fact, in the absence of specific conventions, the purchaser gets to choose the acting notary to proceed with the transaction.

10/19/2017

National Participatory Justice Day (3rd Thursday of October) is a golden opportunity to underline that Title Attorneys offer ways to resolve your disputes without the court's intervention. Thanks to individuals' active collaboration, resorting to mediation, arbitration and negotiation, to name a few, allow for fair and reasonable, cheaper and faster private settlements.

La journée nationale de la justice participative (3e jeudi d’octobre) est l’occasion idéale pour rappeler que le notaire, juriste de l’entente, offre la possibilité de régler vos conflits sans l’intervention du tribunal. Grâce à la collaboration active de l’individu, la médiation, l’arbitrage et la négociation, pour ne nommer que quelques modes de règlement privé, vous donnent l’occasion de bénéficier d’un règlement juste et raisonnable, moins coûteux et plus rapide.

08/17/2017