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. Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada 2. BC Estate Litigation Blog 3. Global Workplace Insider 4. David Whelan 5. Precedent: The New Rules of Law and Style

Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Top 3 Employment Law Risks in a Virtual Workplace

Our modern, post-pandemic world continues to evolve into a new era of work. As workplaces increasingly move towards remote or at least hybrid environments, companies are sorting out how to build infrastructures that support ongoing culture, performance and customer satisfaction. Our law firm has been virtual since we started out in 2017. …

BC Estate Litigation Blog
Admitting to Probate a Document that does not meet the Formal Requirements of a Will – New B.C. Case

In B.C., there are formal requirements for making a will. These include requirements that the will be in writing, signed at the end by the will-maker in the presence of two or more witnesses who are present at the same time, and signed by two or more of the witnesses in the presence of the will-maker (see s. 37 of the Wills, Estates and Succession Act (“WESA”). …

Global Workplace Insider
Bending the CCMA Rules

Aimed at regulating proceedings in the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), the CCMA Rules serve a vital function. However, in the recent judgment of the Labour Court, the Labour Court declined to uphold the enforcement of the CCMA’s rule regarding objections to the con/arb process. This resulted in a default award against the employer, and the costs, delay and inconvenience of having to bring a review application to the Labour Court. …

David Whelan
A Cameo Appearance

I am working on a presentation for an AALL caucus in the next month. It’s given me a reason to play around with Microsoft PowerPoint’s Cameo feature. It validated a concern that I have about virtual presentations, which is that the speaker and the presentation are split, visually, and that it doesn’t need to be that way. There are tools for allowing you to see the presenter AND put the presentation in the same sight line. …

Precedent: The New Rules of Law and Style
The state of the legal job market

It’s no secret that the global economy is on shaky ground. Interest rates have soared. Inflation has driven up prices in almost every industry. And the bigshots in finance continue to forecast a recession in the near future. The job market on Bay Street, however, has rarely looked better. That’s the core takeaway, at least, from the final tally of our annual Summer Job Watch. Later this year, 16 of the largest law firms in Toronto will welcome a collective complement of 336 second-year summer students. …

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