Recent Posts by Canadian Law Bloggers
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is inviting people to nominate a CALL member for Honoured Member status.Honoured Member status is the Association’s highest honour and recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of law librarianship.CALL members can submit their nominations, including supporting documentation, to Kim Nayyer, Past President, before March 1st, 2023. more »
Introduction In Nova Chemicals Corporation v The Dow Chemical Company et al., 2022 SCC 43 (“Nova Chemicals”) the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) clarified the test for determining a proper... The post Nova Chemicals Corporation v The Dow Chemical Co: The law of patent remedies takes a step f... more »
#LegalTweetoftheDay: A ‘precedent-setting’ decision rules encampment clearing would violate Charter rights #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3WLs9LG- Garry J. Wise, TorontoVisit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net... more »
A person acting under a power of attorney (the “attorney”) cannot make or change a will for the adult for whom the person is acting (the “donor”). However, in certain circumstances, the attorney may settle a trust which mirrors the terms of the donor’s will, and then transfer the donor... more »
In this special series, “30 Days of AI”, we examine the evolution of AI and the potential impact for clients, family lawyers and legal commentary. By publishing legal content generated by AI we aim to gauge its effectiveness through user experience and commentary. It will be interesting to tes... more »
By: Michael Wenig Matter Commented On: Decisions of the Natural Resources Conservation Board under the Agricultural Operation Practices Act, RSA 2000, c. A-7 PDF Version: Annotations of NRCB Review Decisions Under the Agricultural Operations Practices Act This post is a … Continue reading →... more »
AI-generated content is a hot topic. How will we know that something has been written by AI rather than humans, and does it matter?It can indeed matter. Especially if someone creates something using AI and passes it off as their own, or as someone else's. A student writing an essay, for example. Pla... more »
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On December 23rd, the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario issued an order that illustrates the Ontario law governing the legibility of records and institution’s duty to accommodate freedom of information requesters with disabilities. These issues are governed by section 48(4) of the provi... more »
December 23, 2022. Time for a deep inhale and a longer exhale. You did it. You made it through another intense year. Life these days is always some form of crazy. Change isn’t something that you have to handle once in a while. It is now part of the rhythm of daily life. That said, […]... more »
Given the current dumpster fire at Twitter and the recent ban on outbound links to other social platforms, I thought I'd do a post of where to find me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacylawyer Mastodon: https://twit.social/@privacylawyer YouTube: https://youtube.com/@privacylawyer... more »
Imagine this: you and a date visit a restaurant and order a bottle of wine while you catch-up, consider the menus, and enjoy the ambience. After the better part of two hours, but before ordering and consuming any food, you order a second bottle of wine. Is this an entirely innocuous and unremarkable... more »
The lawyers at Waterstone Law Group are pleased to welcome Michael Sandhu as an Associate in our Chilliwack office. Michael’s practice areas include Business Law, Real Estate Transactions, and Estate Planning. Prior to his practice as a business lawyer, Michael spent seven years working with a l... more »
Requiring an aspiring lawyer to earn a law degree before they can begin the lawyer licensing process is an unnecessary and unfair barrier to entering the legal profession. The requirement should be dropped. That’s (probably) the most controversial proposal in the report I submitted to the Law Soci... more »
♫ Together together Were winning together Forever and ever You’ll be remembered For every little thing you do for me…♫ My latest – and lead article: “Winning the War for Talent While Improving Profitability” just released in American Bar Association’s Law Practice Magazine. Co-writ... more »
Track changes does not "require" the reviewer to accept or reject. You can just hit the "next" button to view the next change without deciding either way on the current change you are viewing. Furthermore, I have never found any risk to sending a tracked-change document with embarrassing comments... more »
Here’s another instalment of the annual Faculty of Law Summer Reading Blog. Are you wondering what we’re planning to read (or watch, or listen to) this summer? Below, please find a list of the books, podcasts and television that some... 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 ChambersLocal Government Act, Community Charter - Don Lidstone, QC, Lidstone & Company Business Corporations Act - Debby Cumberford Envir... more »
Most pet owners consider their pet to be a member of the family, not just another piece of property. In British Columbia pets are considered to be personal/matrimonial property subject to equitable division according to property law principles and pursuant …... more »
Mike Weightman from ICBC’s Road Safety Department was nice enough to accept my invitation to present at the Chilliwack Mt. Cheam Rotary Club on the hazards of distracted driving. Distracted driving is replacing drunk driving as the largest cause of …... more »