“Customer service is the new marketing, it’s what differentiates one business from another.”
– Jay Baer, Author

Every legal marketer will tell you that they have two sets of clients – internal lawyers as well as the firm’s clients. For those of us working at larger firms, at any given time, our clients can also include Human Resources, IT, Knowledge Management, Finance, and so on. Similar to lawyers with demanding clients, legal marketers cannot predict the requests that will come in on any given day. But after a few years in these roles, many tend to master how best to . . . [more]

Social host liability is an area of law that is still being established. So far the courts are reluctant to find a prima facie duty of care. Without establishing a duty of care, negligence cannot be proven and damages cannot be awarded.

In McCormick v. Plambeck, 2022 BCCA 219, the BC Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge’s decision. The trial judge found that the plaintiff had not established a duty of care on the social hosts. It was not reasonably foreseeable that the plaintiff who arrived on foot and left on foot, would be injured as a passenger by . . . [more]

On 13 June 2022 the UK government introduced a Bill that will authorize it to unilaterally re-write key terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol (“Protocol“) which is part of the Withdrawal Agreement it made with the EU on Brexit, less than 3 years ago.

Although trade intricacies between Northern Ireland and the rest of Britain may not be high on our priorities here in Canada, the fact that this Bill has been introduced at all should be of concern to those who believe in commitment to international law.

Let me explain why I say this.

What the Protocol . . . [more]

Here are excerpts from the most recent tips on SlawTips, the site that each week offers up useful advice, short and to the point, on practice, research, writing and technology.

Research & Writing

‘I Hope This E-Mail Finds You Well’
Neil Guthrie

This phrase, beloved of vendors of products and services you probably don’t want and with whom you are unacquainted, is puzzling. What do they mean? … . . . [more]

The announcement, applicable to England and Wales, of the alpha launch of Find Case Law, from the National Archives, is a significant step forward in giving greater access to case law and making judgments available freely for re-publication under a new copyright regime, the Open Justice Licence. For free access to cases from both Irish jurisdictions, Scotland, the European courts and the Commonwealth, the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) remains a key source. Find Case Law is and will probably always be incomplete, requiring access to all the other available sources of primary legal materials, but that . . . [more]

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT): Le tribunal approuve l’accord de réparation intervenu entre la poursuite et les organisations SNC-Lavalin inc. et SNC-Lavalin International inc. visant le paiement par celles-ci d’une somme totale de 29 558 777 $ en raison d’infractions commises lors de l’obtention du contrat de réfection du pont Jacques-Cartier. Intitulé :  . . . [more]

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