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Earlier this year the BC Government introduced changes to the BC Supreme Court Civil Rules capping the number of expert witnesses parties in motor vehicle and other injury claims can rely on. The rule change was brought unilaterally without consultation of the Rules Committee. The government softene... more »

Can Husband Be Forced to Obtain a Separate Home Appraisal? In a recent case called Kraemer v. Kraemer, the court confirmed two important procedural points relating to property valuation: The divorcing spouse who “owns” or controls an asset has the primary obligation to obtain an accurate valuati... more »

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) has released a State of the Profession 2019 report.The document which can be purchased from the AALL website is"a data-driven exploration of current legal information professionals’ contributions. It covers research platform expertise, contract and... more »

Two Ontario firms notified us that they received an email from the purported Clara Fisher looking to retain them with regards to a collecting overdue payments resulting from a separation agreement. This appears to be a bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawye... more »

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday April 17, 2019.Today we are talking about Family Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Apr 17, 2019 at 7:49am PDTFor more information, visit our website at http://www.wiselaw.net- Garry J. Wise, TorontoV... more »

In late March of this year, I travelled to Canberra, Australia to deliver a keynote address at the Australian Digital Alliance’s 2019 Copyright Forum. The ADA is a leading voice on copyright issues in Australia and its annual Copyright Forum brings together government, creators, education, librari... more »

Guest post by Martha Murphy of the Ontario Workplace Tribunals Library We have good news for those of you who use the Ontario Ministry of Labour Employment Standards Act 2000 …... more »

By Calgary Family Lawyer Mat WiroveIn response to the increasing number of Alberta family law litigants who are self-represented, the shortage of judges in Alberta relative to the province’s population and the ever increasing delays until family law cases can be heard in court, the Alberta Court o... more »

By: Kenryo Mizutani PDF Version:Informer Privilege: A Fickle Friend? Case Commented On: R v Named Person X, 2018 ABQB 827 (CanLII) In the series “Mission: Impossible” the protagonist Ethan Hunt knows what is at stake. Before every new assignment, a … Continue reading →... more »

Nous avons évoqué récemment une question plus théorique selon laquelle la CNUDCI semblait avoir pris une légère distance avec le principe séminal d’équivalence fonctionnelle. Il nous faut désormais dire quelques mots sur la portée première de ce document de travail: la gestion dR... more »

In today’s guest post, Danielle Mallozzi examines the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2018 decision on whether life insurance beneficiaries should be enriched at the expense of unknowning premium payers.  In... The post <em>Moore v Sweet</em>: SCC Ruling May Place Insu... more »

As you probably know, I wrote a book a couple of years ago strongly suggesting that the traditional law firm, shot through with various defects, is a poor fit for the new legal market and won’t survive competition from newer and better models for legal services. Smarter people than me have sin... more »

Here are the latest annotations to be added to Quickscribe Online:Greg Gehlen, Gehlen Dabbs Lawyers: Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act [Federal]Eileen Vanderburgh, Alexander Holburn + Lang LLP: Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy ActDebby Cumberford: Business Corporations ActJohn-Paul Boyd,... more »

Not sure how I missed this one when it came out in January ... The Ontario Court of Justice has refused to order an accused to unlock his smartphone or to provide the crown with the password for the device. In R v Shergill, 2019 ONCJ 54, the Crown made an application for a search warrant for a phon... more »

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Photo retrieved from: As this week marks the final days of ReconcilAction YEG content, today’s blog (Friday) is our final post of the year. Today, Emily Lennox will reflect on her personal experiences in writing for the... more »

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Michael Woods is scheduled to participate on a panel discussion on Indigenous perspectives and international trade law at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law on March 19, 2019. His participation reflects his ongoing involvement in the field as a member of the executive of the International I... more »

Over the past two years working with Loom, I’ve had the good fortune of meeting with people from different segments […]... more »

In Toronto Standard Condominium Corporation No. 2051 v Georgian Clairlea Inc. (“Georgian”) the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed the findings of the motion judge with respect to a declarant’s disclosure obligations as set out in the Condominium Act, 1998 (“Act”). … Continue reading &#... more »

Here are the slides from my Advocates’ Society presentation today. I addressed the following two questions: Today, is a right-thinking judge (in a non-criminal case) likely to exclude evidence obtained in breach of privacy? The intrusion upon seclusion tort. What have we learned about elements... more »

While February is only a couple days shorter than most months, that missing handful of days is acutely felt right around now! Nevertheless, our clients managed to fit in lots of blogging, speaking, sponsoring and teaching this month. Here’s a …... more »