We've talked a whole lot on Slaw over the years about translation, as befits a law blog in a country rich with immigration and with two official languages:
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archive for September, 2010
I've mined this territory previously but it is worthwhile to visit every September. Each year at this time, Beloit College produces it's Mindset List, in their words "It provides a… [more]
All right everyone, back to work! Holiday time is over. Now it's down to looking out the window — you do have a window, don't you? — with longing at… [more]
The right to a thesaurus has been established by the Federal Court of Canada. Or rather, the thesaurus has received official recognition as an "educational textbook or supply."
Ken MacKay… [more]
My library is frequently asked what the best tools are for legislative research in the territories. For provincial legislation (with the exception of British Columbia*) CanLII tends to be our… [more]
Free Access to Law—Is It Here to Stay? an Environmental Scan Report
by Michel-Adrien Sheppard
September 9th, 2010
Montreal-based legal informatics group LexUM, in collaboration with the Southern African Legal Information Institute and the Centre for Internet and Society, recently released a preliminary project report called Free Access… [more]
I was following links from tweets yesterday and came across an old, if May 2010 meets that criteria, Rex Gradeless post about citing podcasts in legal documents and the new… [more]
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A rogue and disgruntled associate in a large Canadian law firm had a bone to pick with a few of its partners. Rather than pull in one of those discrete… [more]
Should the Public Have a Right to Know More About the Supreme Court of Canada's Law Clerks?
by Jean-Marc Leclerc
September 8th, 2010
An article in last Monday's edition of The New York Times … [more]called "A Sign of the Court's Polarization: Choice of Clerks" described the increasing tendency for U.S. Supreme Court judges
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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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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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