archive for April, 2006



TaxHeat

by Simon Fodden

April 29th, 2006

The timing is exactly right: I discovered the brand new TaxHeat on the next to the last day of the tax year.
TaxHeat is a weblog about researching primarily Canadian… [more]

This Week's Links: 060428

by Simon Fodden

April 28th, 2006

TaxHeat
The Gavel Store
Gavel bouquet
China.org.cn: Shanghai Courts Start to Use Gavel
Silk Robes and Sou'westers: Scene 4: The Supreme Court of Newfoundland in session
The Green Bag: J.… [more]

The Friday Fillip

by Simon Fodden

April 28th, 2006

I've recently finished working on part of a website that makes use of icons to symbolize certain concepts — pretty stock stuff on the web. Except that it isn't easy… [more]

Copyright in the Academy Library

by Mark Lewis

April 28th, 2006

Firstly, I just like to say that I find the posts that have been made this week to be extremely interesting, kudos to all the Slaw-ers out there. After reading… [more]

Johnny Continues to Ignore Copyright

by Joel Alleyne

April 27th, 2006

Given that this week's theme is 'Copyright', I went back to a recent article I had read in CIO Insight, in January, by Larry Downes, Associate Dean of the UC-Berkeley… [more]

Civic Access / Accés Civique

by Simon Fodden

April 27th, 2006

Not quite a copyright issue, but still and all a question of free access and control:
We would like to announce the launch of a new online space for Canadian… [more]

Open Text Mining Interface

by John N. Davis

April 27th, 2006

A couple of days ago, I came across a note by Tim O'Reilly concerning the Open Text Mining Interface (OTMI). O'Reilly described it as a "copyright hack." It seems this… [more]

Da Vinci Code Copyright Case

by Brenda Johnson

April 27th, 2006

To lighten the tone of this week's serious theme, I give you Justice Peter Smith's trial reasons in the Da Vinci Code copyright case, aka Baigant and Leigh v. Random … [more]

Consensus Tools and the Search for Meaning

by Simon Fodden

April 27th, 2006

As all legal researchers know, meaning is the compass direction we follow as we divert the flood of data through information and on towards knowledge. At some point we pass… [more]

Searching for Creative Commons Content

by Simon Chester

April 27th, 2006

Thanks to the Service de recherche documentaire in Boucherville for a post that I missed last year about a feature on the Advanced Google Research page that could be very… [more]

Happy World Intellectual Property Day

by Simon Chester

April 26th, 2006

Today is Secretaries Day (or Administrative Professionals Day, as its now known), but it's also World Intellectual Property Day.
None of the site is going to set the world on… [more]

The Musicians Chime in on Copyright

by Simon Chester

April 26th, 2006

Today is World Intellectual Property Day.
Just in time for our Copyright Week, a who's who of Canadian Music announced yesterday the formation of the Canadian Music Creators Coalition.
They… [more]

SlawTips      

SlawTips Just the Facts
Wednesday, May 16

Today’s research tip is about facts. When research is assigned to juniors (and librarians for that matter) it is important to share facts that are critical to the research. It … »»

Research

SlawTips Minimize That Darn Office Ribbon for More Room on Your Desktop
Wednesday, May 16

If you are using Office 2007 or 2010, The Ribbon is now a part of your life. Some of you will be happy about this – some of you won’t.… »»

Technology

SlawTips Manage Chaos! Create a Shared Family Calendar
Thursday, May 10

Our lives as lawyers are hectic enough even before we factor in busy family events. Accordingly our tip is to create a ‘family’ calendar where every family member can enter … »»

Practice

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MLB Selected Case Summaries    

These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
More information.

  • Aliens - Exclusion and expulsion - Power to detain and deport - Minister’s certificate - Review - Evidence

    In 2002, Harkat was detained pursuant to a ministerial security certificate issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) as a person inadmissible to Canada on grounds ...

  • Contracts - Formation of contract - Signing - Electronic signature

    The plaintiff expressed an interest in purchasing the defendant’s (vendor’s) condo. The parties agreed to carry on their discussions through e-mail. Following an exchange of e-mails, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant was contractually bound to ...

  • Barristers and Solicitors - Relationship with client - Confidential communications - General

    The petitioner was a Receiver appointed in March 2009 by a California court over the assets of GJB Enterprises Inc. (a “Ponzi scheme”) and its principals, the Berkes (the GJB parties). The court ordered ...

  • Practice - Costs - Funding before judgment - When interim or advance costs available

    The plaintiffs were “direct to home” satellite based subscription program providers. Rex and other defendants offered “grey market” services to Canadian residents to facilitate the unauthorized reception in Canada of the plaintiffs’ ...

TalkLaw/ParLoi    

This is a listing of a few upcoming events in Canada of interest to lawyers, law students, legal librarians, and others involved in the practice of law.

Clicking on any event in the list below will give you access to more information and to links allowing you to see the full entry and to add the event to your own calendar.

Click this link for a fuller version of the TalkLaw/ParLoi calendar of events and for instructions as to how to add events and calendars to your own calendar.