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. NSRLP 2. Robeside Assistance 3. Know How 4. Vincent Gautrais 5. Blogue du CRL

NSRLP
The Inevitability of AI in Court: What Does It Mean for Self-Represented Litigants?

A recent CBC article from British Columbia indicated that a self-represented party used Microsoft Copilot to assist with legal research: the artificial intelligence (AI) program generated 10 cases, nine of which were hallucinated. The hallucinated cases were ‘caught’ during a proceeding at the Civil Resolution Tribunal, but this incident and the possibility of others like it raises challenging questions for access to justice. It can be assumed that public-facing AI will continue to gain ground as a means of providing legal information and assistance, and as that happens, there will be more examples of hallucinated cases making their way into legal materials and submissions. …

Robeside Assistance
Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

There have been some significant upgrades to CanLII recently, both in terms of the layout and in the use of AI-generated classification and summaries. One of the changes has been how cases appear in a search result. For many years there were a limited number of key terms pulled from the decision and listed in the search results screen, and these were what we used to help describe the case in our postingsu. Now, there are several broader subject headings along with key terms, and an AI summary. …

Know How
Sessional Papers – Federal and Ontario

Sessional Papers from the Federal and Ontario governments provide an interesting glimpse into the evolution of Canadian governance. They capture the policies, debates, and decisions of the time, making them a valuable resource for exploring legislative intent, especially behind historical statutes. In today’s blog post, we’ll take a closer look at the Great Library’s collection of Federal and Ontario Sessional Papers. …

Vincent Gautrais
Quand la transparence judiciaire rencontre le droit à la vie privée : analyse de la décision Société québécoise d’information juridique c. Commission d’accès à l’information

Nawal Sassi est étudiante dans le cadre du cours DRT6929 (Vie privée + numérique) La décision rendue par la Cour du Québec le 19 mars 2025 dans Société québécoise d’information juridique c. Commission d’accès à l’information clarifie les rapports entre le droit à la vie privée, le principe de publicité des décisions judiciaires et les …

Blogue du CRL
Le statut parental écarté : la Cour d’appel du Québec confirme qu’il ne constitue pas un motif de discrimination

En 2024, la Cour d’appel du Québec dans Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, section locale 3333 c. Réseau de transport de Longueuil confirme que le statut parental n’est pas un motif de discrimination protégé par la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne du Québec. Cette décision valide l’exclusion des congés de maternité, de paternité et parentaux du calcul du congé d’assiduité, un avantage réservé aux employés ayant un taux d’absentéisme limité. Découvrez l’impact de cette décision sur le congé d’assiduité. …

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