As noted over on the Stem blog yesterday, we continue to build our list of Canadian law blogs on LawBlogs.ca. Since our January update, there have been 13 new additions.… [more]
archive for April, 2009
…comes on a Thursday this week, because tomorrow, Good Friday, is a holiday and, I suspect, no one will be reading Slaw, even a Slavian fillip. [Kudos to John Gregory… [more]
Heads up. No, it isn't a soccer ball flying into your yard from the over zealous kick of spring fever infected neighbourhood children. It is a news release about some… [more]
Once you've recovered from the stimulation of LegalIT 3.0 (April 20, Montreal), you can sign up for the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice's annual conference, this year on… [more]
Today I am at the second day of the mesh conference. mesh is arguably Toronto's premier social media/business conference, now in its fourth year. These notes have been "liveblogged" during … [more]
Government Bill 167, Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, received first reading in the Ontario Legislature yesterday; and the text of the bill is just now available in PDF and HTML on… [more]
About two years ago I wrote about an application in development that would make your computer desktop more like your real desktop, providing the ability to arrange things in piles,… [more]
Australian Law Reform Commission Journal Issue on Native Title
by Michel-Adrien Sheppard
April 8th, 2009
The most recent issue of Reform… [more], the journal of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), is devoted to Native Title.
As noted by Professor David Weisbrot, ALRC President, in
This is slightly off-topic, though I would argue it all goes back to the classic discussion of Wine and the Law. And here is some legal discussion on wine law… [more]
I attended day 1 of the Mesh conference yesterday. (I had a conflict for today – but a colleague is going in my place.) Some video from the event is… [more]
♫ Tell me something good
Tell me that you like it …
What I got to give will sho nuff do you good.. ♫… [more]
Lyrics and Music by Stevie Wonder,
Most of us tend to look outside our offices for threats or dangers. However, you should also be aware of potential inside dangers. Statistics show that the majority of incidents… [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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