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. Library Boy 2. Attorney with a Life 3. Canadian Class Actions Monitor 4. First Reference 5. ReconciliAction YEG

Library Boy
Alberta Law Reform Institute Report on Electronic Wills

The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) has published its final report on the Creation of Electronic Wills: “ALRI conducted

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. Welcome to the Food Court 2. Global Workplace Insider 3. Lawyered Podcast 4. Chief Justice’s Blog 5. Law of Work

Welcome to the Food Court
Food Recall: how missteps in the implementation of a recall procedure can lead to judicial action

Mistakes happen. With food manufacturing, mistakes

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. Administrative Law Matters 2. The Defence Toolkit 3. Welcome to the Food Court 4. Law of Work 5. The Docket

Administrative Law Matters
Reconciling Administrative Law with Indigenous Sovereignty? Bastien v. Jackson, 2022 FC 591

To mark the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, I thought I

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. Library Boy 2. The Every Lawyer 3. Civil Resolution Tribunal blog 4. Canadian Securities Law 5. SOQUIJ | Le Blogue

Library Boy
New Podcast Series on Canadian Criminal Justice System

University of British Columbia (UBC) law professor Benjamin Perrin has launched a new podcast series entitled Indictment:

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. National Magazine 2. ABlawg.ca 3. Legal Feeds 4. Canadian Appeals Monitor 5. Know How

National Magazine
Over the cliff

The first phase of Ottawa’s offensive against the internet went well enough with the passage of Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, which received royal assent in April

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. Civil Resolution Tribunal blog 2. SOQUIJ | Le Blogue 3. BC Provincial Court eNews 4. First Reference 5. Le Blogue du CRL

Civil Resolution Tribunal blog
Implementation Update: Intimate Images Protection Claims – August 2023

The Intimate Images Protection Act (IIPA), passed in March 2023, gives the

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. Hull & Hull Blog 2. Kate Dewhirst 3. Crossroad Family Law Blog 4. Robichaud’s Criminal Law Blog 5. The Lean Law Firm

Hull & Hull Blog
Lights, Camera, Mediation!

Let’s talk about mediation in film. When we see lawyers portrayed in the media, it is often a

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. BC Provincial Court eNews 2. The Lean Law Firm 3. Double Aspect 4. David Whelan 5. Hull & Hull Blog

BC Provincial Court eNews
What can you expect at a small claims trial conference?

Sometimes matters in small claims court are set for a trial conference. Trial

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. First Reference 2. David Whelan 3. Excess Copyright 4. Michael Geist 5. National Magazine

First Reference
No tolerance for zero tolerance policies

I have spent far too much of my career analyzing the law regarding summary dismissal in Canada, and I am confident in saying that the

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. Susan On The Soapbox 2. Barry Sookman 3. The Lean Law Firm 4. ABlawg.ca 5. The Trauma-Informed Lawyer

Susan On The Soapbox
Harper’s Handshake

Recently former prime minister Stephen Harper tweeted about the “importance of centre-right parties strengthening their collaboration” The tweet was accompanied by a photo