Slaw was unavailable on Friday afternoon, for which downtime we apologize. We've fixed the problem, have learned a little (isn't that always the way), felt too stressed to worry about… [more]
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A news release from the South Australian government led me to the Law Handbook Online which contains an overview of the law in South Australia presented in everyday language. It… [more]
Librarians are hitting the big-time news like never before. Here are the latest offerings:
Public Library Geeks Take Web 2.0 to the Stacks, Wired, March 29, 2007
Helene Blowers of… [more]
The Great Firewall of China is a site that allows you to test whether your blog is censored in China. Seems it flips the URL you put in over to… [more]
Fascinating testimony from the Librarian of Congress on the challenges that the library faces in being a repository library when digital information is exploding.
In today's digital environment, it takes… [more]
Where do blogs go when we die? That's one of the latest questions Dave Winer's asking. See point number two of Dave's four predictions of the future.
Many of us… [more]
Mathew Ingram's article in todays Globe and Mail "Social media slowly scaling the walls of corporate halls" discusses how businesses are starting to adopt Web 2.0 tools. He discusses the… [more]
There was a lengthy bio/obituary of Canadian lawyer Brian Morgan in today's Globe and Mail… [more].
Morgan was a Rhodes Scholar, a law clerk for Mr. Justice Brian Dickson, who
That was the topic for the first Times Law Panel's discussion in January.
What was interesting was the number of times that establishment / bif firm lawyers came out with… [more]
This is just a footnote to our former thread, but the Court of Appeal's judgment is now available in full.
The preposterous claims about copyright in ideas have now been… [more]
David Cheifetz and I consider that it would be a major contribution to both the English language and the profession if we had a collective noun for any or all… [more]
Statistics Canada has released a new Canadian Social Trends report: "Keeping up with the times: Canadians and their news media diet," by Leslie-Anne Keown. Among those who "consume" news frequently,… [more]
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Available online today are four new chapters of the publication Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, which explores the socio-demographic and economic circumstances of Canadian women in general.
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The bill amends the Constitution Act, 1867 by readjusting the number of members and the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons.
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Ars Technica: Law & Disorder: Startup hopes to hack the immigration system with a floating incubatorBlueseed plans to buy a ship and turn it into a floating incubator anchored in international waters off the coast of California.
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Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the flow of information out of Ottawa has slowed to a trickle.
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"…the IPC has exclusive jurisdiction to decide whether a record is in the custody or control of a university in the context of an access request…"
MLB Selected Case Summaries
These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
More information.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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’ ...
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