archive for April, 2011



The Phoenix rises….Hello LibreOffice!

by David Bilinsky

April 28th, 2011

♫ Finally the King is Dead, we cried off with his head
Everything must change (Everything must change), everything must change…♫… [more]
Music, Lyrics and Recorded by The Herd.
 

 

Public Libraries and Legal Research

by Susannah Tredwell

April 28th, 2011

No matter how good a library is, space and economic constraints mean that it simply cannot carry everything a researcher might need. As a result, libraries rely on other libraries… [more]

PIPEDA Amendments in Force April 1

by David Canton

April 27th, 2011

We have mentioned before that the Anti-Spam act (bill c-28) will not come into force until the fall. (It may potentially be delayed because the election has delayed the creation… [more]

Women Lawyers as Rainmakers

by Linda K. Robertson

April 27th, 2011

The only job security any lawyer has whether as a partner or as a sole practitioner is the ability to generate clients. Leadership and power in a law firm of… [more]

New Parliament Website

by Simon Fodden

April 27th, 2011

Check out the renovated website for the Parliament of Canada. The design is clean, simple, and easy to use. And, of course, the redesign extends to the important LEGISinfo site… [more]

What Not Re When Not

by Simon Lewis

April 27th, 2011

In the mid-nineties, I was asked to demonstrate in court our evidence display system for a major prosecution. Instead of my usual script and demonstration, Senior Counsel for the Defence… [more]

Here Come the Summer Students

by Shaunna Mireau

April 26th, 2011

This is the season that brings joy to the heart of many a law firm training librarian. Summer students are starting next week – or in some rare cases, yesterday.… [more]

The R Word

by Ruth Thompson

April 26th, 2011

Racism is like alcoholism — you can’t deal with it until you admit that you have a problem with it. Somehow the same people who might agree that Canada is… [more]

Compulsory Voting

by Geneviève Lay

April 26th, 2011

Thank you to Simon Fodden for inviting me to contribute to Slaw. I am delighted to be here!
One of yesterday’s headlines caught my eye: passing legislation to make voting… [more]

There’s a tendency, and I can be more guilty than most, to moan about how awful can be the major international professional information providers. Yet, compared to so many other… [more]

Amazon Outage Stratifies the Cloud

by Jack Newton

April 25th, 2011

Last week Amazon's popular AWS cloud computing service suffered an unprecedented multi-day outage. The outage brought down thousands of websites, including popular websites such as Quora, Reddit and FourSquare, and… [more]

Work-Life Balance and Volunteering

by Legal Profession Assistance Conference

April 25th, 2011

Research suggests that to be Canadian is to be a volunteer. A 2003 national survey found that 19 million Canadians do volunteer work every year. This is estimated to be… [more]

SlawTips      

SlawTips Good Communications = Satisfied Clients
Thursday, February 23

As Richard Ferguson, a lawyer friend of ours says on his email message: “People may forget what you said…. People may forget what you did…. but people will never forget … »»

Practice

SlawTips Current Awareness
Wednesday, February 22

There are two possible approaches to personal current awareness: Develop excellent searching skills so that you can find what you need when you need it Pick a fairly narrow specialty … »»

Research

SlawTips Top 10 Financial Errors: #10 Rely on the Lottery for Your Partnership Retirement Plan
Thursday, February 16

“It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating” was said once by Oscar Wilde. The final tip in this series is the capstone issue in our … »»

Practice

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  • Limitation of Actions - Actions in contract - Actions for debt - General

    Moody died on December 3, 2005, leaving four adult children. Pursuant to Moody’s will two of her children, James and Tyrell, were appointed executors of the estate. It was alleged that, during her ...

  • Barristers and Solicitors - Discipline - Suspension - For professional misconduct

    McLean pled guilty five counts of conduct unbecoming a lawyer. The Discipline Committee suspended him from practice for four months and placed him on indefinite supervision. McLean appealed the length of the penalty.

    The Saskatchewan ...

  • Mines and Minerals - Operation of mines, quarries and wells - Licences and permits - Appeals or judicial review - Standing - Costs

    Grizzly Resources Ltd. (Grizzly). made an applications to the Energy Resources Conservation Board to drill two sour gas wells on the same site. ...

  • Narcotic Control - Offences - Trafficking - Elements of

    The accused was charged with trafficking in cocaine. The trial judge granted the accused’s motion to discharge the charge. The Crown appealed.

    The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and ordered a new trial.

    Link ...


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