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. Double Aspect 2. The Defence Toolkit 3. Durant Barristers Blog 4. ReconciliAction YEG 5. In All Fairness

Double Aspect
Parsing Populism On elections, petitions, and populism

Over at his indispensable blog Public Law for Everyone, Mark Elliott writes about an online petition to the UK Parliament which calls for a new general election. The stated reason for this demand is that the petition’s signatories “believe that the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election”. As Professor Elliott explains, “[t]he petition might well”, like a similar one submitted less than a year ago (but before an election and a change of government took place), “trigger a debate in the House of Commons, but it is plainly not going to result in an early general election”. As Professor Elliott also notes, though, the petition is interesting as a sign of our populist times. …

The Defence Toolkit
The Defence Toolkit – November 9, 2024: Counsel during Search Warrants

This week’s top three summaries: R v Samuels, 2024 ONCA 786: s10(b)/24(2) SW #delay, R v Stettner, 2024 SKCA 101: #ineffective appeal, and R v BB, 2024 ONCA 788: Browne v Dunn #jury R v Samuels, 2024 ONCA 786 [October 28, 2024] Charter s.10(b)/24(2) Delay of Counsel Contact for Search Warrants [Reasons by Dawe J.A. with L. Madsen J.A. concurring and J.C. MacPherson J.A. concurring with separate reasons] AUTHOR’S NOTE: In cases where search warrants are executed on a property, courts have…

Durant Barristers Blog
The Impact of ONCA on Amateur Sports Associations

Over the past several years, provincial sports organizations and their member associations have been diligently updating their by-laws and completing the transition requirements required to comply with the Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”)(an act that was first enacted way back in 2010). It is clear from recent case law, and the stated purpose of the legislation, that ONCA has provided members of not-for-profit corporations additional powers to contest the actions of organizations that do not follow their own by-laws and other governance documents. …

ReconciliAction YEG
Indigenous Holiday Market Recap

In the last blog post we discussed purchasing directly from Indigenous artists. In this post, we wanted to highlight a fun event that took place in the Wahkohtowin Lodge on Thursday, November 28th! The Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA) held an Indigenous holiday market within the law faculty. There were 7 Indigenous vendors in total and many students came to purchase some goods just in time for the holiday season! We wanted to post some photos of the vendors below with their contact information in case you missed out and wanted to find out more about what they sell. …

In All Fairness
Episode 96: Child-Centred Family Law: A Call for Collaboration

In this episode, David Lazzam hosts a compelling discussion with Vincent Ramsay, a retired family law attorney, and Nicholas Bala, a professor specializing in family and children’s law. Together, they delve into the history of Canada’s adversarial family law system and its profound impacts on families and children. Their engaging dialogue highlights the contrasting roles of “peacemaker” and “hired gun” lawyers, while offering educational and policy reform suggestions to promote a more collaborative, child-focused approach to family law. The episode also provides concrete advice for practitioners and policymakers aiming to reshape the family justice landscape. …

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