Slaw Site News – 2012-02-09

Site news for those who read Slaw only via RSS or email

1. Comment Watch:

In the last week there were 57 comments. You might be particularly interested in these:

• The 8 comments on Edward Prutschi’s post, “Crime & Punishment in 2012”
• The erudite, not to say abstruse, renewed comments on Shaunna Mireau’s post, “Queen’s Counsel Appointments”

You can subscribe to the comments on Slaw either as a separate matter (RSS, email) or as part of a subscription combining posts and comments (RSS, email).

2. SlawTips

This week’s tips on SlawTips are:

• Tuesday: Technology: Use join.me to Get on the Same Page Across the Web
• Wednesday: Research: Open Access Journals
• Thursday: Practice: Top 10 Financial Errors: #9 Avoid Having a Written Office-Sharing or Partnership Agreement

You’ll find a brief excerpt of this week’s tips on Slaw, but the links above will take you to the full versions, along with 100 more tips. Advice you can use — short and to the point — every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.

You can get to SlawTips at either tips.slaw.ca or slawtips.ca and you can subscribe by RSS or email. You can also follow SlawTips on Twitter: @slawtips

3. Maritime Law Book Selected Summaries

This week’s Maritime Law Book case summaries are in precis on Slaw and full at cases.slaw.ca.

• McGowan v. Bank of Nova Scotia 2011 PECA 20 [Banking, negligence]
• Jones v. Tsige 2012 ONCA 32 [New causes of action]
• Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2011 FC 1435 [Immigration consultants]
• R. v. Benson (A.J.) 2012 SKCA 4 [Child pornography]

Thus far, 204 summaries in total are available on cases.slaw.ca. You can subscribe to MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries via RSS or email.