Not that this will surprise anyone, considering the retraction the Lancet made in 2002. This BBC report of the ruling of the General Medical Council also includes a nice graph… [more]
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The Real-time web has been a popular topic in recent times as we all try to figure out how it is changing, and will continue to change our work lives.… [more]
Canada (Premier ministre) c. Khadr… [more], 2010 CSC 3, (29 janvier 2010) Le pourvoi etait accueilli en partie.
K a droit à une réparation en vertu du par. 24(1) de
This fillip revisits something I blogged about two years ago (Flogging). Microsoft researchers are working with computer scientist Gordon Bell to develop a system that will record, annotate, and make… [more]
Procedural Lapse Leads to Loss of Jurisdiction by the Alberta Privacy Commissioner
by David T. S. Fraser
January 29th, 2010
I hope that this is not a new theme emerging: privacy proceedings in limbo.
Last week I wrote about how the recent vacancy of the Information and Privacy Commissioner's office… [more]
On May 1, 2009, 23 library partners, including the Paul Martin Law Library at the University of Windsor went live with Evergreen – an Open Source integrated library system. With… [more]
On the afternoon of Friday January 29, the University of Texas at Austin will host a conference on judicial biography, as a tribute to Roy Mersky, who was the subject… [more]
Two completely different spheres have my thoughts overlapping like a Venn diagram. A recent interview with Arianna Huffington in the Financial Post and links from the Law Librarian Blog (among… [more]
Yesterday, two members of Slaw were given an in-depth look at the most profound re-engineering of a legal research system since the migration to the Web. In Thomson Reuters' impressive… [more]
Are there any concerns from a risk management / liability perspective over the following warning/error message on the e-Laws website I noticed just now:
NOTICE OF ERROR
From December 18,… [more]
Plastic grenades alarm clients. That's one of the examples in this interesting Dallas lawyer's blog about some (U.S.) law firm marketing campaigns that pushed the envelope, perhaps a bit too… [more]
Rise Up. Creating your own stable financial future… [more]
My column this month is dedicated to personal finances. I greeted the New Year like so many other people I know –
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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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