Just when you thought every niche had been filled, up comes an area of practice to remind you that this is a more wrinkled world than we are typically aware… [more]
archive for September, 2009
The Canadian government has been holding this summer a public “copyright consultation” on proposed legislative changes to the country’s copyright act, with the consultation period, featuring town hall meetings and… [more]
I've talked before about how important outreach and consultation are to the Law Commission of Ontario. We try to reach professional organizations and groups (lawyers, of course, but others, too,… [more]
The August 2009 issue [pdf] of the Ontario Bar Association's magazine Briefly Speaking/EnBref… [more] has an article by David Whelan, Manager, Legal Information for the Law Society of Upper Canada on
If I had to guess, I think that most Slaw readers use Mozilla Firefox as their primary personal browser, even if their workplaces may well mandate Internet Explorer as the… [more]
Angela Swan makes a number of thought provoking comments regarding the features of the modern law of contract in her treatise on "Canadian Contract Law". If anything, the comments should… [more]
Thus far I've successfully resisted the charms of Kindles 1 and 2, such as they are, and of the Sony Reader as well. Though I'm someone who reads a whole… [more]
The decision that has the law world buzzing this weekend is the release this Friday of Abdullah Al-Kidd v John Ashcroft. … [more]
The Plaintiff is an American-born citizen who converted to
There has been a legal aid boycott in Ontario by senior lawyers, protesting underfunding of the service in the province, especially for complex cases.
A report by Prof. Michael Code… [more]
Cushing Academy in New England has decided to get rid of an outdated technology and embrace the future.
Says its Headmaster: "When I look at books, I see… [more]
I have a cottage, where I go to get away from it all. (We won't talk about how frustrated I am that it's one of the few places in the… [more]
Harvard University has launched DASH — Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard — a repository that currently makes available free the work of "[m]ore than 350 members of the Harvard… [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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