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By: David V. Wright PDF Version: Crown Consultation Obligations and a National Infrastructure Corridor: Simple Meets Complex Matter Commented On: National Infrastructure Corridor Renewed interest in a cross-Canada infrastructure corridor has surfaced in recent months and weeks, including as a … Continue reading →... more »
Melissa Craig, J.D. Candidate (University of Saskatchewan) This comment discusses why the legal profession should embrace user-focused design thinking in developing solutions to aid the access to justice gap. I. THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE CRISIS The access to justice crisis is one of the largest issues f... more »
In every family litigation proceeding, there are rules that must be followed around the service of documents – which gives the opposing party formal written notice of the proceeding, or a step in the proceeding. (Think of those “you’ve been served!!” scenes in Hollywood movies). Under Onta... more »
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of October 15, 2019. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Oct 15, 2019 at 7:33am PDT- Garry J. Wise, TorontoVisit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net... more »
Digital issues were expected to garner attention in the 2019 Canadian federal election campaign. Over the course of the past few weeks, all the main political parties have had something to say about the high cost of cellphone prices in Canada and the prospect of implementing new taxes on tech compan... more »
For the first time in its history, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the Court”) headed to Winnipeg to hear cases on September 25 and 26, 2019. On Wednesday,... The post Live at the SCC: The SCC Goes to Winnipeg! appeared first on TheCourt.ca. more »
The United States Department of Justice and the United Kingdom Home Office have announced that the two countries have signed a bilateral agreement “On Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime”. The Agreement is intended to be a bilateral agreement of the type anticip... more »
The BC government is making more noise about Rule of Court reforms regarding expert opinion evidence in personal injury cases in an effort to save ICBC money. Their not so subtle message is that Plaintiff’s hire too many experts to prove their claims. If cases released by the BC Supreme Co... more »
Administrator’s note: thanks to Erin Cowling for this week’s tip. We all know that taking a real vacation makes us less stressed, more focused, and in return, better lawyers, better …... more »
On September 30th, the Federal Court of Appeal held that the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board ought not to have referred to witnesses by name in a disciplinary decision about a suspension for “inappropriate acts involving a number of young female subordinate employees.̶... more »
This is a reminder that registration fees in the land registration systems increase each November. Bulletin 2019-02 confirms the new registration fees as of November 4, 2019. As an example, the new cost to register an instrument will be $77.31. Please adjust your practices accordingly. more »
Quickscribe's roster of expert annotators is always growing! Here is a look at the newest additions to our panel of contributors: Christopher Hirst from Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP is covering builders lien and construction law Rachel Roy from Allevato Quail & Roy is covering campa... more »
Earlier today, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in the Keatley Surveying Ltd. v. Teranet Inc. case.The case involved the idea of copyright owned by the Crown (essentially, the federal or provincial/territorial governments). Section 12 of the federal Copyright Act states that... more »
La Chaire L.R. Wilson en droit du commerce électronique se déplace au centre-ville de Montréal et fera sa quatrième activité d’un cycle de conférence sur les lois + numérique dans 10, 20, 30 ans… à l’espace cdpq (Activité gratuite mais inscription obligatoire en bas de la page) E... 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 »