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. Sport Law Blog 2. Slaw 3. Lash Condo Law 4. Vincent Gautrais 5. SOQUIJ | Le Blogue

Sport Law Blog
Beyond Cultural Intelligence: Why Highly Relational Teams Will Help Sport Thrive

I’ve been writing about better ways of leading, coaching, and competing for over three decades. And yet, I find myself returning to the same essential question — the one that I believe sits at the very heart of what ails our sport system: what are we actually building when we build a team? I used to think this was a question with a simple answer. Experience — and the courageous voices of over a thousand individuals who came forward to the Future of Sport in Canada Commission — has taught me that it is anything but. …

Slaw
Forum Shopping Could Fix the Delay Problem

Forum shopping, that taboo practice in which a litigant chooses the most favourable jurisdiction to try a case, is generally looked down upon. Indeed, courts frown upon the practice even if the sole reason is to stem delay; that is, that a case can be tried faster in one jurisdiction than another. From a system-wide lens, this challenges common-sense. We need only look in the medical field, where patients can shop for medical services like MRIs, specialists, family physicians, anywhere they like. Yet the courts prefer to treat themselves as islands. …

Lash Condo Law
Occupancy Restrictions in Condos: Rules, By‑laws, and Common Pitfalls

Occupancy issues are coming up more often in condominiums. Boards are dealing with concerns around overcrowding, short‑term rentals, rooming‑house style arrangements, and the resulting impact on noise, security, garbage, and general wear and tear on the building. One issue we are seeing with increasing frequency is condominium corporations trying to limit the number of occupants through rules, rather than passing an occupancy standards by‑law. While the intention is often understandable, this approach can create serious enforceability issues if the wrong governance mechanism is used. …

Vincent Gautrais
Preuve + CCQ + Numérique

l est rare que je le fasse, en préparant mes notes pour la conférence qui aura lieu cet après-midi à la Faculté de droit sur CCQ + Numérique: Livre 7 – De la preuve, je me suis dit qu’il serait sans doute pertinent de rendre publiques quelques notes relativement à cette activité. Un propos qui forcément devra s’insérer dans ceux de mes brillants collègues qui m’ont fait le plaisir de m’accompagner dans cette tâche de mieux percevoir ces dispositions modifiées il y a longtemps, 2001, par la fameuse Loi concernant le cadre juridique des technologies de l’information (ci-après LCCJTI), un texte abscon, certes, à la facture pour le moins dérangeante pour le commun des juristes, mais qui n’est pas sans attraits. …

SOQUIJ | Le Blogue
La diffamation ne prend pas de vacances

L’été dernier, j’ai rédigé un billet intitulé «Jurisprudence récente en matière de diffamation». Près de 1 an plus tard, je constate que la diffamation n’a pas pris de vacances. Voici les jugements récents en la matière qui ont retenu mon attention. …

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