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. Barry Sookman 2. ABlawg.ca 3. Rule of Law 4. Le Blogue du CRL 5. Meurrens on Immigration
The Federal Court issued another troubling copyright decision involving Blacklock’s Reporter (BR) in the recent case, 1395804 Ontario Ltd, operating as Blacklock’s Reporter v AG Canada, 2024 FC 829. In reasons that are very difficult to follow and untangle, Justice Roy of the Federal Court held that Parks Canada did not infringe copyright or breach the Copyright Act’s legal protection of technological protection measures by circulating copies of articles and passwords to locked articles published by BR. …
In the past few weeks, the Orphan Well Association (OWA) released their 2023/2024 annual report and the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) announced the 2025 closure spend requirement. This post assesses the OWA’s plan for the closure of the orphan inventory and the AER’s plan for closure of inactive and decommissioned infrastructure. When does the AER plan for the OWA to complete the closure of the orphan inventory and when does the AER plan for industry to finish decommissioning and reclaiming …
Rule of Law
From Estate to Heir: Who Foots the Bill for Shipping Expenses?
One of the main duties of an executor is to distribute the assets of an estate according to the terms of the Will. Typically, it is easy to pay a cash legacy to a beneficiary or to deliver a specific bequest if the beneficiary lives nearby. But what happens if you have to send large pieces of furniture, an expensive art collection, or a prized collector car to a beneficiary who lives across the country? …
Le Blogue du CRL
Fixation des loyers : Un locataire obtient justice après résiliation abusive
La crise de l’habitation est en grande partie reliée à la flambée des prix sur le marché locatif. Avec le mécanisme de fixation des loyers au Québec, plusieurs locataires vivent dans des logements au prix relativement abordable lorsque comparés à la moyenne canadienne. Par contre, d’importantes inégalités existent entre locataires, selon leur date d’entrée dans un logement. …
Meurrens on Immigration
Borderlines Podcast #101 – Cancelling Mexican eTAs, Pepa and Anti-Semitism
Deanna and Steven discuss the partial visa reimposition on Mexican nationals, the cancellation of Mexican eTAs, IRCC procedures for cancelling visas in general and the Supreme Court granting leave in Pepa. We also answer a listener question, which is whether Canadian visa officials should screen prospective immigrants for antisemitism. …
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