Monday’s Mix
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from sixty recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.
This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Slater Vecchio Connected 2. AvoidAClaim Blog 3. The Court 4. DroitDu.net 5. À bon droit
Slater Vecchio Connected
Are Fines for Distracted Driving in BC too Low?
Immediate communication has become the norm and many feel obligated to respond to texts and e-mails while driving. Attorney General Suzanne Anton says distracted drivers aren’t taking current penalties serious enough. “I am concerned that distracted driving is the second-largest contributing factor in motor-vehicle fatalities on BC roads,” said Anton. Effective October 20, the number of demerit points associated with distracted driving will increase from zero to three. The existing fine of $167 will stay the same. Is this enough to deter drivers from using their devices while driving?…
AvoidAClaim Blog
Title insurance policies are like a box of chocolates – No two policies are the same
“The lawyer should be knowledgeable about title insurance and discuss with the client the advantages, conditions, and limitations of the various options and coverages generally available to the client through title insurance,” states Rule 2.02(10) of the Rules of Professional Conduct. This obligation was brought home in a recent malpractice case where the lawyer did not properly address the protection title insurance would afford the client and did not fully investigate the issue at hand….
The Court
Minority Language Education for Majority Students: CS Francophone du Yukon v Yukon Territory
On 26 June 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) agreed to hear an appeal of Commission Scolaire Francophone du Yukon v Attorney General of the Yukon Territory, 2014 YKCA 4 [CS Francophone]. The case concerns a dispute over the control and management of the Territory’s French language education system and is the first time in over a decade that the SCC will render a decision on the scope of minority language education rights in English Canada….
DroitDu.net
Conclusions intéressantes d’une nouvelle chasse aux pourriels du CRTC
En ce mois de la sensibilisation à la cyber sécurité aux États-Unis, Larry Magid, l’un des collaborateurs de Forbes Tech , rappelle à tous les internautes l’importance de l’«hygiène de sécurité en ligne» puisqu’elle n’affecte pas que les individus eux-mêmes, mais toute la communauté numérique. M. Magid souhaite ainsi souligner l’importance de porter attention aux situations conduisant à un état de vulnérabilité, laquelle peut mener à la contamination de nos ordinateurs par certains virus et logiciels malicieux (ex : zombies et bots), voire même, à l’instar de toute maladie contagieuse, de devenir à notre tour, porteur et propagateur. …
En matière de reconnaissance et exécution des décisions étrangères, l’article 3155 (4) C.c.Q. prévoit que ne sera pas reconnu le jugement étranger lorsqu’un “litige entre les mêmes parties, fondé sur les mêmes faits et ayant le même objet a donné lieu au Québec à une décision passée ou non en force de chose jugée, ou est pendant devant une autorité québécoise, première saisie […]”. Dans Lynch Suder Logan c. Wilson Logan (2014 QCCS 4765), l’Honorable juge Catherine La Rosa souligne que cette exception ne peut trouver application que si les tribunaux québécois ont véritablement juridiction pour entendre les procédures déposées devant eux….
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