archive for June, 2007



Comment Form Fix

by Simon Fodden

June 30th, 2007

Thanks to some helpful suggestions by readers, I've changed the form you use to comment on posts. You'll now see a small button bar above the text entry field that… [more]

The Fabulous Forum

by Mark Lewis

June 29th, 2007

Not everyone who reads Slaw will be able to take advantage of this; but for those of you who are members of CALL/ACBD, I wanted to make you aware of… [more]

Canadian Podcasting and Law

by Connie Crosby

June 29th, 2007

As Michel-Adrien has pointed out, I had the privilege of attending the Podcasters Across Borders conference held in Kingston, Ontario this past weekend. Participants ranged from hobbyists to business people,… [more]

My goal was to post this prior to Simon Fodden's "Canada Day" Friday Filip below. Unfortunately, the screed that follows has nothing to do with colorful flags or the Maple … [more]

The Friday Fillip

by Simon Fodden

June 29th, 2007

This fillip goes all red and white For Canada Day… But lots of places do the red and white thing, it turns out. Humph!
Designer Shahee Ilyas has analysed the… [more]

Powerset

by Simon Fodden

June 29th, 2007

Powerset is — or will be in September — among other things a natural language search engine. Relying on Xerox Parc's natural language technology, over $12 million in financing and… [more]

Judges and Electronic Searches

by Angela Swan

June 28th, 2007

In Denis v Truemner… [more] (2007), 84 OR (3d) 260 (Ont. S.C.J.), in dealing with the costs claimed in the action, Spies J. said:
[26] The disbursements claimed by the defendant

Zotero

by Simon Fodden

June 28th, 2007

Zotero, the cross-platform Firefox note-taking and biblio plugin, now "does" legal research. That is, there's a format for logging cases and statutes; and the site works "automatically" with CanLII and… [more]

Radio Listening in Canada

by Agnese Caruso

June 28th, 2007

For those of you interested in the debate around old media vs. new media, this is very interesting: Statistics Canada released data demonstrating Canadians spent less time listening to radio… [more]

Legal Guide for Podcasting in Canada

by Michel-Adrien Sheppard

June 27th, 2007

Creative Commons Canada published its Podcasting Legal Guide for Canada: Northern Rules For The Revolution this past weekend.
The document was released at the Podcasters Across Borders 2007 conference in… [more]

Gapminder and More

by Simon Fodden

June 27th, 2007

This is a post of a few parts, and one that is probably so far off topic for Slaw that I wouldn't have written it if the material it's about… [more]

Web Apps in Canada

by Steven Matthews

June 27th, 2007

Read/Write web has a great post showing some of the Top Web Apps in Canada. Cool not just because it shows some great Canadian web companies like Mike McDerment's Freshbooks,… [more]

SlawTips      

SlawTips Cash Flow Reports – Part 1
Thursday, May 17

Following on our earlier Top 10 Financial Errors posts, this is the first in a series of 10 posts dealing with Cash Flow Reports and in particular, cash flow management.… »»

Practice

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

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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.