Sad news from the SCC today:the death of the Honourable Bertha Wilson, the first woman justice of Canada's highest court. For legal researchers, she will always be remembered as the… [more]
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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied certiorari in the case of Khadr v. Bush… [more]. Omar Khadr is the 20-year-old Canadian who, at the age of 15, was taken prisoner
According to a Government of Saskatchewan press release from a couple of months ago (which I've only now found out about, thanks to Michael Geist):
Residents and visitors to the… [more]
for our Canadian friends, here is one of those delightfully quirky English odes, penned as a covering letter to a Tax Return.
Frames of Mind, by G.K. Menzies
‘I declare… [more]
Never far removed from anything, and one of the big events in law, death can be interesting, even to Slawyers. StatsCan has released a country-wide analysis of "Mortality, Summary List… [more]
I'm starting to feel like a producer on Rocky VI with this post, but I also feel that I should follow this through to the end. Earlier this week, it… [more]
Tyger is a great short film by a Brazillian, Guillherme Marcondes. You can watch it online at various bandwidths, or download it for viewing offline.
Tyger an interpretation of Blake's… [more]
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries/Association Canadienne des bibliotheques de droit is hosting our annual conference May 6 to 9th at the wonderful Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa.
The… [more]
Those of you who use Firefox might like to take a look at an "add-on," as the extensions and plugins are now being called, that lets you customize your Google… [more]
Another interesting article from the Toronto Star:
"Social networking rivals porn on Web" (April 23rd) discusses how web traffic to social networking sites (MySpace, Facebook) is coming close to the… [more]
The Ark Group is putting on KM Legal 201: Moving Beyond Technology (Determining the future of your firm’s knowledge management) on May 17 in Toronto. The list of speakers is… [more]
Ever since Robert Scoble sent out the Twitter message on April 7th that "Jaiku is better software than Twitter", fans of Twitter (and Scoble) have been looking seriously at the… [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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