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. Civil Resolution Tribunal blog 2. Ontario Condo Law Blog 3. Le Blogue du CRL 4. Condo Adviser 5. David Whelan

Civil Resolution Tribunal blog
CRT Key Statistics – December 2023

Do you like data? We do! Here’s our monthly report of key statistics. If there’s information you would like to see added to our monthly reports, please contact us. We will consider including it. “Open” includes disputes in screening, negotiation and facilitation, on hold, decision preparation, and adjudication. “Closed” includes withdrawn claims, disputes resolved by agreement, the CRT refused to issue a Dispute Notice, disputes resolved by default or final decision, and other reasons for closure. …

Ontario Condo Law Blog
Top Ten Condo Law Cases of 2023

Le Blogue du CRL
Bye bye 2023!

Bienvenue dans notre récapitulatif annuel qui, de façon totalement non-scientifique, met en lumière des éléments insolites et amusants de notre système judiciaire en cette année 2023. Notre chronique pseudo-humoristique se plonge dans l’univers des tribunaux canadiens, dénichant ces perles de connaissance judiciaire qui, bien que discutables, semblent régir le quotidien de nos salles d’audience. Préparez-vous pour un voyage ludique, où le sérieux de la loi rencontre l’absurdité du quotidien. …

Condo Adviser
Are “Owners’ Handbooks” Enforceable?

Many condo corporations set out their rules in “owners’ handbooks” or “guidebooks” that are passed down from board to board. In many cases, how and when these “rules” were adopted is lost to history. This can cause significant challenges to condos when it comes time to enforce these rules or, as in a recent court case, when faced with a records request. It may be time to clean up your rules and formalize their adoption. …

David Whelan
A Bubble Off Plumb

I’ve been sick. Not sick-sick but sick enough. It’s been nearly 30 days and I am finally kicking whatever this not-COVID-might-be-flu-sinus-chest-cold lingering crud. I don’t get sick a lot but this has really set me back on my heels. It’s the first time in years that I really just didn’t have a scintilla of energy to write here or do a lot of other things that normally fill my life. It’s like a lost month. …

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