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What do Super Bowl related scandals have to do with the Magna Carta? Let’s take a look at Clause 35: “there shall be standard measures of wine, ale, and corn (the London quarter) throughout the kingdom.... Weights are to be... more »
Yesterday the Information & Privacy Commissioner/Ontario issued a paper called “Detecting and Deterring Unauthorized Access to Personal Health Information.” The paper adjusts and augments the detailed guidance on hospital data security the IPC in December when it issued HO-013. In... more »
Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, addressing whether a Plaintiff’s life expectancy should influence the non-pecuniary damages awarded in a personal injury claim. In today’s case (Mathroo v. Edge-Partington) the Plaintiff pedestri... more »
By Alan Kilpatrick What did it take at the turn of the century to become a sleuth for hire in Saskatchewan? Before hitting the streets to gumshoe, a private detective license had to be obtained. An Act Respecting Private Detectives came into force in January 1913. It explained that, No person... more »
By: Sarah Burton PDF Version: A Constitutional Right to Free Transcripts? Case Commented On: Taylor v St. Denis, 2015 SKCA 1 Last fall, the Supreme Court of Canada found a hearing fee scheme unconstitutional because it prevented people from accessing … Continue reading →... more »
On December 4, 2014, an Alberta labour arbitrator decided that an employer owed a grievor $5,000 in damages for breach of privacy due to the disclosure of the employee's presumed mental illness during the formal review of a workplace conflict. more »
♫ Walking in Memphis I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale Walking in Memphis But do I really feel the way I feel? ♫ Lyrics and …... more »
Two charities are proceeding to an Irish High Court for the adjudication of a dispute over the charitable bequest made pursuant to a Last Will and Testament. The Will in question, executed by Elizabeth Burke of Limerick, Ireland, provided that five hundred thousand of an Estate valued in excess of t... more »
Statistics Canada has started a series on "Megatrends" that highlights some of the sweeping changes that have had a lasting impact on Canadian society.The most recent Megatrends article is Canada's crime rate: Two decades of decline: "Since crime was first measured uniformly across the country, flu... more »
In R v Garciacruz, 2015 ONCA 27, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) overturned a conviction for sexual assault. Akin to many cases, this one came down to consent and a conflict between the complainant and the appellant’s version of events. The trial judge made certain inferences that allowed her to... more »
The Canada-China FIPA entered into force on October 1, […]... more »
A client recently emailed me for my thoughts on Kevin O’Keefe’s post “Good law blogs losing traffic from Google?“, specifically wondering about the value of social media vs. search traffic. Here’s what I told him. Once you get …... more »
The CBC (CSE tracks millions of downloads daily: Snowden documents - Canada - CBC News) and the Intercept (Canada Casts Global Surveillance Dragnet Over File Downloads) have jointly broken a huge story about mass internet surveillance led by Canada at a breathtaking scale. In short, Canada's Commun... more »
So Dentons, a massive law firm that was created in a three-way global merger a few years ago, is now going to get even bigger. It’s now the world’s biggest law firm, actually. Joining forces with a firm from China, Dentons’ latest move is yet another sign that law firms aren’t slowing down t... more »
A cautionary tale on the consequences - and potential financial risks - of signing an exclusive representation agreement with an Ontario real estate agent.- Garry J. Wise, TorontoVisit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net... more »
L’année commence bien. Le 31 décembre dernier, ont été publiés les traditionnels Clawbies récompensant les meilleurs blogues de la « planète » juridique canadienne. Cette reconnaissance dont nous avons pu déjà bénéficier, l’an dernier en 2013 avec le site... more »
Our friend Mike Pasta, of Quickcribe Services Ltd over in Victoria, will be presenting a free seminar for Courthouse Libraries BC next Wednesday, January 15th: Research, Track and Share Annotated Legislation Using Quickscribe 2.0. In the webinar, Mike will explain how to use Quickscribe Online 2.0 f... more »
Between blogging at Slaw.ca, posting legal research tips at Slawtips.ca, and taking courses towards Lean Six Sigma certification, this poor blog has not had much attention in 2014. Christmas is the traditional time for guilt trips. Rather than focusing on the negative feelings from leaving thi... more »
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Post by: Roy Gentles Introduction In our previous blog post we discussed phased standard condominiums. In this post we will offer part one of our discussion on common elements condominiums. Common Elements Condominium Plans A common elements condominium plan (“CECP”) … Continue reading &... more »
On December 9,2014 Royal Assent was given to Bill C-8, the Combating Counterfeit Products Act. The intention of Bill C-8 is to give the government and holders of trade-marks and copyrights new mechanisms for enforcement, along with substantial remedies, in order to combat counterfeit and black-marke... more »
Earlier this year I was very pleased to contribute to the book Knowledge Management Practice in Organizations: The View from the Inside, edited by Ulla de Stricker and published by IGI Global.The official description from the website:Knowledge management can be a powerful tool if successfully... more »
As the cliché goes, it is fun to spend other people’s money. Next week I will be going to Saskatoon for a massive book buying trip as directed by the school division. It is an annual practice for a library technician and a teacher representative from each school go on a purchasing spree in t... more »
Canada's anti-spam legislation takes effect this week, sparking panic among many businesses, who fear that sending commercial electronic messages may grind to a halt on July 1st. The reality is far less troubling. The new law creates some technical requirements for commercial email marketing alo... more »