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By: Jassmine Girgis Matter Commented On: CBC article, “Woman flagged by ID scanner as nationwide ‘public safety concern’ after incident in Winnipeg bar” PDF Version: The Intersection Between Privacy Law and Contract Law: Consent and Public Policy Concerns in the Age of Patronscan Access to goods and services increasingly comes at the cost of disclosing […]... more »
For many family law litigants, the final decision is not the end of the case. One of the most significant issues comes afterward: costs. ... more »
More and more people are seeking that access to justice efforts be people-centred: They should be designed around people’s needs, culturally aware and responsive. This can mean legal and other services being co-designed with those who will use them. It can also mean organizations collaborating acr... more »
More and more people are seeking that access to justice efforts be people-centred: They should be designed around people’s needs, culturally aware and responsive. This can mean legal and other services being co-designed with those who will use them. It can also mean organizations collaborating acr... more »
Résumé Cet article propose un regard critique sur les « copier-coller » législatifs qui caractérisent trop souvent le droit du numérique dans l’espace OHADA, où des lois de pays d’Afrique s’inspirent systématiquement des textes provenant de juridictions du Nord. S’appuyant sur la... more »
Final judgments should end disputes, but parties need to know which disputes they were required to resolve. In Patrick Street Holdings Ltd v 11368 NL Inc, the Supreme Court of Canada barred a new argument for payment under a mortgage excluded from an earlier accounting. I agree with that result. But... more »
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This shouldn’t be a radical idea. A seventeen-year-old young person is different from a seven-year-old child, who are both different from a three year old toddler. When we're talking about children's privacy, online safety, and their ability to make decisions about their own personal informatio... more »
You may think that phishing attempts are easy to spot and you couldn’t be fooled, but not all phishing attempts are created equal. Meet the spear phishing campaign. Spear phishing occurs when fraudsters target a specific person, organization, or group using information they have gathered in advanc... more »
Waterstone Law is pleased to welcome our new associate lawyer, Amrit Dhillon, to our growing Abbotsford office. His practice areas include Business Law and Real Estate Transactions. Amrit was born and raised in Abbotsford and is proud to return to the community where he grew up. He completed his Bac... more »
Waterstone Law is pleased to welcome our new associate lawyer, Amrit Dhillon, to our growing Abbotsford office. His practice areas include Business Law and Real Estate Transactions. Amrit was born and raised in Abbotsford and is proud to return to the community where he grew up. He completed his Bac... more »
Waterstone Law is pleased to welcome our new associate lawyer, Amrit Dhillon, to our growing Abbotsford office. His practice areas include Business Law and Real Estate Transactions. Amrit was born and raised in Abbotsford and is proud to return to the community where he grew up. He completed his Bac... more »
The following is a round-up of noteworthy articles published this month on estate litigation issues: Eric Hendry, tax lawyer at Gowling LLP – Ontario, writes about how estate planners can navigate tax dual-residency and the applicability of ‘tie breaker’ treaties for the All About Estates law... more »
On October 28, 2025, the Court of Appeal of Alberta affirmed that the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (the OIPC) acted unreasonably in narrowly construing the teaching and research records exclusion in the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA... more »
The Supreme Court of Canada has released its annual report 2024 Year in Review. The report covers the Court's activities over the past year, including information about decisions and statistics. From the message of the Chief Justice of Canada, Richard Wagner: "In our democracy, legitimacy depends... more »
We are excited to publish our second episode of The Lawyer Coach’s Lunch Bites! TLC Lunch Bites are short videos on a variety of topics that come up commonly in coaching conversations with lawyers. These short videos provide an opportunity to learn useful coaching nuggets quickly. As lawyers, we k... more »
During their meeting at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, a few days before Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (September 30th). Wayne Garnons-Williams and Michael Woods reviewed the work of the International Inter-Tribal Trade and Investment Organization (IITIO) [https://iitio.org/] in pr... more »
This will be my last post here at the Law21 blog for awhile. It’s also my first post here in a while, and these two are connected. Today, I’m launching a Substack newsletter that will effectively replace this blog. This is a pretty major change for me, and I feel I owe you an explanation of [... more »
The following pieces of legislation received annotations in Quickscribe Online in January: Family Law Act - John-Paul E Boyd QC, John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers Local Government Act, Community Charter - Don Lidstone, QC, Lidstone & Company Business Corporations Act - Debby Cumberford... more »