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 sixty 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. David Whelan  2. Éloïse Gratton 3. SOQUIJ  4. The Court  5. Ontario Condo Law Blog

David Whelan
Cut Your Library Nose Off to Fight for Space

File this one under different perspective. There is a tension in courthouse libraries. Keep in mind that, in most cases, whether the courthouse law library is funded by the local or regional government or by membership dues, the library is almost always run by the local bar and/or bench in North America. This means that you have competing interests over what the library is supposed to be and what it is supposed to do….

Éloïse Gratton
Forty hours on privacy

I will be teaching, for a third consecutive year, DRT-6929E-A, a privacy law course at the University of Montreal Law Faculty. The class is offered to Masters degree students and takes place every Monday from 4 to 7pm, January 12 to April 13, 2015. I have been teaching since 2009 (e-commerce law from 2009 – 2013) and every year, I really look forward to teaching. Here’s a summary of my 40 hour privacy course…

SOQUIJ
La Commission des relations du travail doit appliquer avec souplesse la règle du functus officio

Le 21 novembre 2014, la Cour supérieure a infirmé une décision de la Commission des relations du travail (CRT) qui avait refusé de se prononcer sur la continuité de l’entreprise de l’employeur – une résidence pour personnes âgées – au motif qu’elle avait épuisé sa compétence. Il s’agit de l’affaire Turcot c. Commission des relations du travail….

The Court
Tipping the Scale for Unwarranted Arrests: R v Day

Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) delivered a single-paragraph oral judgment in the matter of R v Day, 2014 SCC 74, dismissing an appeal from the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal (“NLCA”), 2014 NLCA 14 [Day]. The SCC’s affirmation of the appellate court’s decision seems to indicate that it is willing to accept minimal corroboration of an informant’s tip as the basis for a lawful unwarranted arrest….

Ontario Condo Law Blog
Top 10 condo law cases of 2014

Happy New Year. Our picks for the top 10 condo law cases of 2014 is an all-Ontario batch, with half being important Court of Appeal rulings. Some of them highlight the dire need for significant revision to our condo law….

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*Randomness here is created by Random.org and its list randomizing function.