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. The Court 2. Le Blogue du CRL 3. Flex Legal Blog 4. ABlawg.ca 5. Off the Shelf

The Court
SCC Clarifies Bankruptcy Discharge Provisions

In Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), the Supreme Court of Canada clarified that disgorgement orders, but not administrative fines, could survive discharge under provisions of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. In Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission) 2024 SCC 28 [Poonian], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) clarified the interpretation of s.178(1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, RSC 1985, c B-3, [Act]. …

Le Blogue du CRL
L’avocate recherchiste : Un parcours atypique au cœur de la stratégie juridique

Depuis mon assermentation en février 2022, je me suis consacrée corps et âme à un cheminement atypique : celui de l’avocate recherchiste. Contrairement à plusieurs de mes collègues, j’ai choisi d’emprunter cette voie dès mes études, convaincue que c’est dans les subtilités du droit, dans les méandres des textes de loi et de la jurisprudence, que je pouvais réellement laisser ma marque. Ce choix, peu conventionnel, m’a menée à deux environnements tout aussi fascinants que contrastés …

Flex Legal Blog
Ethics of Freelance Lawyering Series: Confidentiality

This post is part of our series “The Ethics of Freelance Lawyering” and answers a question we are often asked about freelance lawyers and our duty of confidentiality. How do freelance lawyers maintain their duty of confidentiality? In Ontario, Rule 3.3-1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct sets out the duty of confidentiality (a similar rule can be found in each jurisdiction in Canada). This means a lawyer at all times must: …

ABlawg.ca
Edmonton’s Encampment Litigation: A View from the Inside

In the autumn of 2023, the Coalition for Justice and Human Rights sued the City of Edmonton to limit when and how it forcibly evicts unhoused people from encampments. The Coalition argued that the City’s approach to displacing encampments violated the human rights of encampment residents, as protected by Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. A court dismissed the Coalition’s claim on a preliminary ground, deciding that the lawsuit should be brought by someone else, …

Off the Shelf
Westlaw Edge Canada Refresher Session

JOIN US on Wednesday Oct. 30 for a refresher session on Westlaw Edge Canada database. Westlaw Edge Canada is one of leading legal database platforms for researching Canadian, US and other foreign law. It covers both primary and secondary sources. …

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