Supreme Court of Canada Calendar of Upcoming October 2017 Hearings

By: Alexandra Heine PDF Version: R v Keror: Police Duties, Accused Duties, and the Right to Counsel of Choice Case Commented On: R v Keror, 2017 ABCA 273 (CanLII) Introduction Mr. Keror was accused of shooting and killing Philip Anny on … Continue reading →... more »

By Sarah Roussel-Lewis Some interesting reads to help you ease into your week: Couple’s Use of Support Set-Off Calculations Costs Husband His $15,00 Tax Credit (Family LLB) Gerry Ritz apologizes for calling environment minister ‘climate Barbie’ (CBC) Newly revealed proposed government land dea... more »

140Law: Here are our Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of September 25, 2017.For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com.- Garry J. Wise, TorontoVisit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net... more »

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, There is no Cree word for reconciliation but, as Lorena Sekwan Fontaine explained during this weekend's Reconciliation: Wahkohtowin Conference, other Cree terms can help us to flush out its meaning. Wahkohtowin, for example, refers to “the laws governing... more »

The news that Bell has called on the Canadian government to support radical copyright reform in NAFTA that includes North America-wide mandatory website blocking (to be overseen in Canada by the CRTC) and the full criminalization of copyright represents only the latest step in the transformation of... more »

Several years ago, a Canadian attorney and good friend of ours, invested $10,000 in bitcoin. Clearly, he is a lot smarter than us. We can’t even imagine the extent of his profit – several days before we started to write this article, bitcoin hit an all-time high of $4,991.66 on September 2, 2017... more »

Getting a will done is step one. Step two is ensuring it is safely stored. Although many people choose to leave their will with their lawyer, store it themselves or put it in a safety deposit box, there is another option that seems to be less popular but just as secure – deposit with the […]... more »

It’s hard being the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The OPC is responsible making sure all is right in commercial sector and federal government sector privacy. It has a pretty small operating budget, yet issues in these sectors are meaty and novel – I dare say harder to dea... more »

Reasons for judgement were published today by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, denying a defense request to include an X-ray as part of the defense medical examination process. In today’s case (Tani v. Baker) the Plaintiff sued for damages as a result of a 2015 collision where she sus... more »

Hier soir, lors du lancement du livre de mes collègues Régis, Benyekhlef et Weinstock, il m’a été demandé de dire quelques mots pour souligner le bel ouvrage qu’ils viennent de publier. Voici donc les quelques mots proposés. ************ Mesdames, messieurs, il m’a été demandÃ... more »

As this fall marks another season of incoming new lawyers and articling students, this tip is for you. When you receive your first assignment from your articling principal or senior …... more »

Use of Support Set-Off Calculations Costs Husband His $15,000 Tax Credit The husband and wife separated in 2011.  Based on their respective yearly incomes, they amicably resolved their issues as to child support by way of an agreement and consent order that was filed with the court.   They reache... more »

I just signed up to attend the fall IT-Can conference, and thought the conference was worth mentioning.  It is a consistent high quality conference for lawyers practicing in the IT/IP fields, and for others such as CIO’s. Topics this year include fintech, quantum computing, blockchain and sma... more »

Injured workers who currently receive benefits under the provincial Workplace Safety and Insurance (WSI) program should be aware of proposed changes to Ontario employment and labour law, including changes that are feared by injured workers’ advocacy groups to impact the level of WSI benefit entitl... more »

With the first two rounds of the NAFTA negotiations completed the next meeting is scheduled for Ottawa starting September 23rd.  Michael Woods has been invited to attend as an observer.  Global  Affairs Canada has undertaken to arrange on-going briefings and meetings upon request with Canada’s... more »

Very pleased to announce that Access to Justice BC has launched a brand new website!Many thanks to the A2JBC volunteers that helped the process; and especially the project leadership provided by Jane Morley, Q.C. and Jennifer Muller! more »

Last month, while writing an article about professional development in the law, I impulsively posted the following question on LinkedIn: Quick survey for those of you who began your careers as law firm associates: How many months and/or years did it take before you felt like a reasonably competent a... more »

The Digital Privacy Act amended the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) to add notification requirements for "breaches of security safeguards", but we've all been anxiously awaiting regulations that will breathe life into the provisions. Finally, the'll be published... more »

'Link Round-Up’ gives you a glimpse into the articles that got the most airtime around the Loom Analytics water cooler this week. Published every Friday, article topics include access to justice, big data, legal technology, and what’s happening in the Canadian legal landscape. more »

Launched in 2008, Airbnb began as a simple platform with a few hundred users that offered alternative short-term rentals to travellers. Today, Airbnb has an estimated value of $31 billion... The post The Tipping Point: Regulation of Toronto’s Airbnb Market appeared first on TheCourt.ca... more »

Most pet owners consider their pet to be a member of the family, not just another piece of property. In British Columbia pets are considered to be personal/matrimonial property subject to equitable division according to property law principles and pursuant …... 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 »

Mike Weightman from ICBC’s Road Safety Department was nice enough to accept my invitation to present at the Chilliwack Mt. Cheam Rotary Club on the hazards of distracted driving. Distracted driving is replacing drunk driving as the largest cause of …... more »

Post by: Craig Robson When I was a junior lawyer, (back before computers) I worked in a firm with a senior counsel who was of an age to have fought in the first World War.  At the time, one of my … Continue reading →... more »

Is influenza a disability under the Human Rights Code? The answer may surprise you. Ahhh, flu season.  That most charming time of the year, full of runny noses, stuffed sinuses, headaches, pain and soreness, often resulting in significant employee absence.… The post Can I Terminate an Employ... more »