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. Administrative Law Matters 2. The Defence Toolkit 3. Welcome to the Food Court 4. Law of Work 5. The Docket
Administrative Law Matters
Reconciling Administrative Law with Indigenous Sovereignty? Bastien v. Jackson, 2022 FC 591
To mark the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, I thought I might highlight Grammond J’s fascinating decision in Bastien v. Jackson, 2022 FC 591, which prompts questions about the relationship between the principles of administrative law and the sovereignty of Indigenous peoples. B and J were councillors of the Piikani Nation. B brought a petition to have J removed as a councillor under s. 10.05.02 of the Piikani Nation Election Bylaw, 2002. The grounds include bribery, corruption and “fail[ing] to act in accordance with the principles of PIIKANISSINI”. …
The Defence Toolkit
The Defence Toolkit – September 30, 2023 – “Ex Parte”
This week’s top three summaries: R v MC, 2023 ONCA 611: right to #present, R v JDC, 2023 ABCA 255: s.715.1 #memory, and R v Harasiuk, 2023 ONCA 594: joint submission #sentencing. Our firm focuses on representation in complex criminal trials and criminal appeals. We also provide ghostwriting services to other firms for written submissions. Consider us for your appeal referrals or when you need written submissions on a file. …
Welcome to the Food Court
Food Recall: how missteps in the implementation of a recall procedure can lead to judicial action
Mistakes happen. With food manufacturing, mistakes can take the form of malfunctioning equipment or cross-contamination of ingredients. Sometimes a key, trusted player in the supply chain sources an ingredient from a new supplier to meet demand, and that new ingredient contains an undeclared allergen. Sometimes, despite rigorous testing and sampling procedures, salmonella finds its way onto the production line and contaminates a LOT. …
Law of Work
Does Saskatchewan’s New “Parental Rights” Policy Violate Teacher Collective Agreements?
In 2021, the Regina Public Schools’ (RPS) Gender and Sexual Diversity Advisory Committee began months of research and consultation that eventually led to the adoption of a new policy known as “Students and Gender and Sexual Diversity” or Administrative Procedure 353 (AP353). The purpose of the policy “is to ensure that all programs, activities, and actions are free from harassment and discrimination based on real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.” (Section 1.4). …
The Docket
Back from a brief hiatus
We are back! Time to shake the dust of of the microphone and say some words! After a brief catch up we offer some free advice to new law students and then take a look at some interesting cases on the Supreme Court of Canada’s fall… err.. docket. …
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