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In fact, it's necessary for the efficient functioning of the legal system. Merits and appearances matter. Cojocaru British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, 2013 SCC 30 [CanLII link here], released today, holds, unanimously, that the mere fact judicial reasons duplicate, with or without attribution, a party's submissions does not amount to reversible error. The plaintiff s... more »
In reinstating a successful damages award, the Supreme Court of Canada had the opportunity to discuss if and when it is ok for a trial judge to copy a lawyer’s submissions in their reasons for judgement. In today’s case (Cojocaru v. British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre)... more »
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, May 24, 2013: Design your own law firm: A Law21 lawyer survey - Law21 Toronto terror plot: Suspect asks for defence lawyer who is guided by ‘holy book’ Sold out LSUC conference focuses on technology Is newly appointed DC... more »
Ticket to Space, Anyone? Court Orders Sale of Space Flight Tickets to Satisfy Support Arrears Family law cases come in all shapes and sizes. A decision from a few years ago called Gibson v. Gibson caught my eye recently. It begins: Peter Gibson feared financial ruin. So he put money out of his wife,... more »
Slang plays a large part in our daily lives. Keeping up with slang expressions can be a near impossible task. However, thanks to the Urban Dictionary website, that task is an easier one. Urban Dictionary, started in 1999, is a “crowdsourced” collection of slang. Readers... more »
Today, at the International Association of Privacy Professionals Canadian conference, the Canadian Privacy Commissioner unveiled her proposals for significant privacy law reforms. Some of this is not very surprising, but there were some unexpected elements. The full release is here: New privacy cha... more »
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), based in Strasbourg, has a new website.Among the many new features: an enhanced search optiondynamic news feedsmore comprehensive information on the Court and the RegistryAlso worth a look are the sections about the Library, thematic Factsheets on important... more »
Computer security is something we don’t think about, when computers, tablets and smart phones are working smoothly. But things can easily spin out of control. James Lee of TD Bank Group, Technology Risk and Control Governance spoke about information technology security to some Toronto law libr... more »
Last November 29th, Arbitrator Hall held that an employer could impose random drug testing on a employee in a safety-sensitive position who admitted to regular cannabis use outside of the workplace and who had been diagnosed as a “drug abuser” but not “drug dependent.” He exp... more »
The most recent case from the Federal Court continues the Court’s tough stance with respect to trademark and copyright infringement in Canada. In Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Group LLC v. Manoukian, the Court awarded significant compensatory and punitive damages against the Defendant company a... more »
This is the second in a (broken) series of posts about reprisals. This time, reprisals under section 74 of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 which reads as follows: No employer or person acting on behalf of an employer shall intimidate, dismiss or otherwise penalize an employee or threaten to do... more »
A Manitoba Human Rights Adjudicator has concluded that Scott Tackaberry, operating as Grape & Grain, a wine and beer making retailer in Winnipeg, failed to take reasonable steps to stop one of his frequent customers from sexually harassing Emily Garland, a young, female employee of the business. more »
I am attending the Legal Education Society of Alberta Social Media and You. Randy Brososky of Group of Rogues just told a story about when he was first engaging in social media. He signed up for every new social media platform that came out. Randy quickly learned that he had c... more »
Part 2 of 2: Professionals’ Opinions Make the Difference Between Payment and Protection Post by: Khiam Nong In a recent post, we outlined the cases of two condominium boards of directors who were chastised quite thoroughly by judges of the … Continue reading →... more »
Google Quick View is intended to bring content to your smartphone in a fraction of the time. It's unclear whether QV is delivering some kind of cached page copy, but that's the assumption I'm making. The project is also still in experimental stages and is only using Wikipedia pages at this time. Th... more »
(Ce document est également mis en ligne sur droitdu.net) Le parlement canadien va avoir à étudier un projet de loi « privé » (C-475) (pdf) porté par Madame la députée Charmaine Borg, porte-parole des enjeux numériques pour le NPD. Comme le titre l'indique (Loi modifiant la Loi sur la prote... more »
The Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”) released their decision in R v Telus Communications Co., 2013 SCC 16 on March 27, 2013. The case was previously discussed here. In this case, the police wanted the production of text messages stored in the computer databases of Telus for a police investiga... more »
The following keynote by David Weinberger was presented at KMWorld 2012 conference held November 2012 in Washington, DC. Thanks to the folks at Information Today for sharing this video (and the other videos) so that we all have the opportunity to benefit from them.About the speakerDavid Wein... more »
On Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 at 10am PST (1pm EST) West Coast Environmental Law will be hosting the first ever Twitter Moot Court. The event takes the tried-and-true law school practice of mooting and flips it on its head by conducting it via social media. It’s an exciting innovation that will... more »