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. Avoid A Claim Blog 2. Family Health Law Blog 3. Rule of Law 4. DroitDu.net 5. First Reference Talks

Avoid A Claim Blog
From Crisis to Innovation: 20 Years of LAWPRO Professional Liability Insurance

Twenty years ago, an investigative task force appointed by the Law Society of Upper Canada made a sobering discovery: the fund established to pay for professional indemnity claims against Ontario lawyers was underfunded by over $200 million dollars. The resulting crisis presented the bar in Ontario with one of the most serious challenges in its history. It also prompted the delegation of the primary professional liability program to the organization you have come to know as LAWPRO, a highly specialized, innovative, and solvent licensed insurance company owned by the Law Society….

Family Health Law Blog
Will there be a new Dr. Kevorkian?

The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in Carter v. Canada (which we blogged about here) opens the door for physician-assisted suicide in Canada. The Court was asked whether the criminal prohibition on assisted suicide unjustifiably infringes upon the rights of certain individuals – and the judges unanimously agreed that it does. The impact of this decision is that physician-assisted suicide will be permitted in 12 months for eligible individuals in Canada. While the Court provided parameters for the law, it will be for Parliament, the provincial legislatures and regulatory colleges to provide clarity on how physician-assisted suicide will actually operate….

Rule of Law
British Columbia Law Institute Report on Terminating a Strata

The British Columbia Law Institute has just published its Report on Terminating a Strata recommending reform of the Strata Property Act provisions allowing a strata to wind up its strata corporation and cancel the strata plan. Under current legislation, there are very stringent requirements that must be met before a strata may be terminated. The Strata Property Act requires a unanimous vote to terminate a strata, which effectively requires that all owners consent….

DroitDu.net
Souriez, vous êtes enregistrés!

Vous avez troqué votre bonne vieille TV à tube cathodique dans l’espoir de regarder les matchs des canadiens ou les derniers Blockbuster Américains sur un écran géant. Etait-ce une bonne idée? Surement d’un point de vue purement fonctionnel mais attention à votre vie privée, votre smart TV est un vrai mouchard. Si on se fit au site internet de Best Buy la smart TV est la Roll Royce des télévisions puisqu’elle permet non seulement de regarder le journal de TVA mais elle offre également une connexion à internet intégrée, un accès aux médias interactifs en ligne ainsi qu’un accès au différents fichier stockés…

First Reference Talks
Report sets benchmarks for inequality between women and men

Canadian women still experience inequality in economic well-being, education, employment, health, housing, justice, safety, and political and social inclusion, according to a new benchmark report on gender equality from the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Acting chief human rights commissioner David Langtry writes: “When compared to adult men, Canadian women are earning less across most employment sectors. Women are more likely to be unemployed. More women rely on government transfers as their major source of income and women are more disadvantaged in housing….
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*Randomness here is created by Random.org and its list randomizing function.