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 more than 80 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. Canadian Class Actions Monitor 2. Crossroad Family Law Blog 3. Off the Shelf 4. Labour Pains 5. Family LLB

Canadian Class Actions Monitor
Stephanie Willsey named one of WXN’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women

The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) has announced its annual award winners and Stephanie Willsey was recognized as one of its Top 100 Most Powerful Women for 2022 in the Professionals category. WXN’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards is Canada’s most recognized honour for the highest achieving women leaders in business, arts, sports, community, entrepreneurship, not-for-profit ventures, skilled trades, science, service and philanthropy. The awards gala will be held in Toronto on November 17. …

Crossroad Family Law Blog
How do I choose the right Family Lawyer?

Deciding who you want to hire as your family lawyer is one of the most important steps in any separation. You want someone who will look after your interests, without causing unnecessary conflict. Prior to retaining a lawyer, it’s important to consider several things, including: …

Off the Shelf
Osgoode Digital Commons: Readership Snapshot

September 2022 The Osgoode Digital Commons received 39,704 full-text downloads and 7 new submissions, bringing the total works in the repository to 18,562. Osgoode Hall Law School of York University scholarship was read by 2,130 institutions across 182 countries. The…

Labour Pains
Do You Have a Second to Talk About Secondments?

What is the effect of the termination of a secondment agreement if an employee expressly remains an employee of his original employer? In Nader v. University Health Network, 2022 ONSC 447 (CanLII), the dismissed employee attempted to argue that the effect of the termination of both his secondment agreement and his employment was that he was entitled to wrongful dismissal damages from both the entity to which he had been seconded and his original employer. …

Family LLB
Husband Gets to Keep Wife’s Nude “Boudoir” Book Post-Divorce – For the “Memories”

Everyone knows that a divorce requires former spouses to split up their matrimonial assets. And this sometimes devolves into a battle, especially when it’s the possession of certain sentimental items that is at stake. But in one recent U.S. divorce case, the wife was ordered to hand over nude photos of herself, so that her now ex-husband could keep them for “memory’s sake”. It was apparently the only item he fought for, as part of their divorce proceedings. …

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*Randomness here is created by Random.org and its list randomizing function.