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Practice notes · Editorial · Ontario
Practice notes,written briefly.
Short editorial notes on the questions Northline encounters most often. Each piece is general information, not legal advice — written to be useful before a consultation, not to replace one.
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§ 01 — Latest notes
Editorial commentary.
Practice notes are observations, not legal advice. For advice on your specific facts, start with a consultation.
How we read a contract on day one
The intake-to-memo path that runs on every commercial contract review — six structured reads, a flagged document, and a thirty-minute call.
The four numbers in a severance package
Before the legal arguments, every severance package collapses to four numerical anchors — the ESA minimum, the common-law range, the bonus question, and the equity number.
When a founder agreement becomes urgent
A founder agreement is easy to defer until it isn't. Three structural triggers reliably move the document from someday to this quarter.
Demand letter or call: choosing the first move
The opening move in a workplace or commercial dispute is a strategic choice, not a default. Relationship, evidence, and counterparty disposition decide which one goes first.
§ From notes to position
Notes get you framed. A consultation gets you a position.
A practice note covers the structure of a question. A consultation applies that structure to the matter actually in front of you.
Toronto · Ontario