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Sections 1 to 11, 13, 13.1, 16, 18 and 19 of the Indigenous Languages Act, SC 2019, c 23, are proclaimed into force August 29, 2019 (PC 2019-1289). Sections 12, 14, 15, 17 and 20 to 49.1 of the Indigenous Languages Act, SC 2019, c 23, are proclaimed into force on the earlier of October […]... more »
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, On Monday, September 9, 2019, the class of 2022 participated in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. The class of 2022 is the fourth Faculty of Law class to complete the exercise. The Blanket Exercise is a 90-minute experiential workshop... more »
The Manitoba Law Reform Commission has issued a consultation report called Reform of The Wills Act Revisited: "In 2003, the Manitoba Law Reform Commission ... published Report 108, Wills and Succession Legislation (“Report 108”), which contains 77 recommendations to reform wills legislation in M... more »
In a recent Blog called “Joint Custody? Parallel Custody? What’s the Difference? And When Can They Work?” …the court heard the story of a couple who had met in 2004, married in 2014, and separated in 2015 after an incident where the police were called. The wife now had a raft of... more »
What does it mean when a statute or regulation says that there must be “x days between” two actions? What about “at least x days between” two actions? In …... more »
Reasons for judgement were published today by the BC Supreme Court, Chilliwack Registry, finding a police officer fully at fault for an intersection collision with another motorist. In today’s case (Burroughs v. Chiasson) the Plaintiff was an RCMP officer involved in a crash in 2013. At the... more »
By Calgary Family Lawyer Matthew Wirove The Alberta Courts have established a number of resources that parties going through a separation or divorce can engage in to assist in avoiding litigation and resolve disputes. We discussed the Early Intervention Program in a previous blog. Another resource w... more »
Post 4/9 in TheCourt.ca’s Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019) Justice Andromache Karakatsanis is the Supreme Court of Canada’s (“the Court” or “SCC”) fourth most senior justice and one of four... The post Judicial Biography: Justice Andromache Karakatsanis appeared first on... more »
By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: The AUC Invites Submissions on the Self-Supply Provisions of Alberta’s Electricity Legislation Matter Commented On: Consultation on the issue of power plant self-supply and export, AUC Bulletin 2019-16, September 13, 2019 The Electric Utilities Act, SA … Co... more »
In the year since its enactment, Ontario’s new Construction Act has already made a noted impact on the practice of construction law in the province. The amendments to the previous Construction Lien Act (“CLA”) were to be implemented in two phases: Phase 1, the modernization provisions, effecti... more »
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of September 16, 2019. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Sep 16, 2019 at 8:11am PDT- Garry J. Wise, TorontoVisit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net... more »
The first episode of the new season of the Lawbytes podcast is dedicated to my good friend and colleague Ian Kerr, a giant in the law and technology field, who passed away on August 27th after battling complications arising from cancer. Ian’s generosity, warmth, and good humour touched the lives o... more »
Conférence organisée par le professeur Sébastien GAMBS (UQAM – sciences informatiques). Densification de la responsabilite en IA by gautrais on Scribd... more »
Various statutes received new annotations last month in Quickscribe Online: Judicial Review Procedure Act, Civil Resolution Tribunal Act (annotations by Melanie Harmer, McMillan LLP)Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act [Federal] (annotations by Greg Gehlen, Gehlen Dabbs Lawyers)Not familiar with Quickscrib... more »
Distractions! Don’t these drive you crazy? It’s hard enough to get through the pile of work without the endless stream of emails, text messages, phone calls, and colleagues coming into our office with questions. If you haven’t got your priorities worked out, and a plan for your day, it is easy... more »
Privacy class actions seem to be having a bit of a rough time as of late. “The need to change a password at a higher frequency cannot give rise to a serious compensable loss claim.” Following a trend that has become reasonably well established in Québec and is expanding across Canada, the pro... more »
This post marks the official death of my reading pile, which involved a read of the current edition of the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law – one entitled Privacy, Identity, and Control: Emerging Issues in Data Protection. I’m admittedly still digesting the ideas, so... more »
I have often been amazed at the level of engagement of law librarians during my attendance at CALL. They have […]... 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 »
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 »