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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. Precedent 2. Canadian Securities Law 3. Western Canada Business Litigation Blog 4. SOQUIJ 5. ABlawg.ca

Precedent
Reinvent your style in 4 steps

Well, readers, the countdown is on: in one month, I’ll be back at at work, trading play dates and toys for contracts and coffee (oh, wait — coffee has never left my side). As I prepare for what’s sure to be an overwhelming adjustment period, I’m also revisiting my style resolutions. After all, there’s no better time for reinvention than coming back from maternity leave. But reinvention isn’t just for new moms. We could all benefit from a little sartorial renewal. Here are four resolutions we can make together! …

Canadian Securities Law
BCSC issues reasons after decision to cease-trade rights plan after 156 days

On June 27, 2014, the British Columbia Securities Commission published the reasons for its widely discussed decision to cease-trade Augusta Resource’s shareholder rights plan as of July 15, 2014 – an unprecedented 156 days after the commencement of HudBay Minerals’ hostile take-over bid. Prior to the BCSC’s May 2, 2014 ruling, most securities lawyers would have considered it unlikely that a Canadian regulator would permit a rights plan to endure for even 90 days. Our prior comment on the hearing and result can be found here….

Western Canada Business Litigation Blog
When can you remove an Executor or Trustee?

It is common for someone writing a will to appoint as their executor a family member or friend. Sometimes this is done without understanding what it means to be an executor. Sometimes the ability and propriety of the proposed executor is not considered. Often, the relationship between the proposed executor and the will-maker changes after the will has been written. Sometimes joint executors cease to get along. These types of issues frequently do not come up until after the will-maker has died. …

SOQUIJ
Consentement substitué aux soins et lieu d’hébergement en fin de vie : deux décisions récentes

Le 22 avril dernier, je publiais un billet concernant les parents d’une jeune fille dans le coma à la suite d’une surconsommation d’héroïne qui refusaient de consentir au plan de soins établis par le centre hospitalier au motif que cette tentative de suicide démontrait que leur fille ne voulait pas recevoir de soins pour prolonger sa vie. Plus récemment, deux autres décisions ont retenu mon attention concernant les délicates questions du consentement substitué et du lieu d’hébergement en fin de vie. …

ABlawg.ca
Northern Gateway Approved Despite Uncertain Environmental Effects: Is This What Sustainable Development Looks Like?

On June 17, 2014 the National Energy Board issued a decision statement to Enbridge under section 54(1) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, SC 2012, c 19, s 52 announcing that the federal Governor in Council had approved the Northern Gateway pipeline subject to the 209 conditions recommended by the Northern Gateway panel (The panel report was the subject of earlier ABlawg comments here and here). The Governor in Council accepted the panel’s recommendations that the pipeline will have significant adverse environmental effects to populations of woodland caribou and grizzly bears, but that these effects are justified in the circumstances…

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