The hidden side of the abortion issue
MDs face scrutiny over duty to unborn Does an obstetrician have a duty of care to an unborn child? A Guelph hospital, citing a 2008 court decision that found a doctor had no such obligation…
August 2009
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Cop corruption case revived Today the dramatic and costly case against the Toronto drug squad officers see-saws yet again when prosecutors try to revive charges thrown out by a judge in 2008. The charges were…
Jameel Jaffer of ACLU is a Canadian!
Today’s Toronto Star profiled a Canadian lawyer who has taken on the Bush Administration through the ACLU, and was key in helping discover the torture memos. Jameel Jaffer, only 39 years old, was born in…
No Articles? The Extreme Option.
In January 2008, the Law Society of Upper Canada (“LSUCâ€) Licensing and Accreditation Task Force issued a Consultation Report in which it predicted that for the licensing period 2009-10, there would be a gap of…
Top Ten Wikipedia Entries Include Lawsuits vs God
Daniel Finkelstein of Times Online presents the Top Ten Wikipedia Entries. Lawsuits against God top the list, and for good reason. We’ve covered some of them before, but we never knew there were others… Be…
Harper Appeals a Stimulus for Government Lawyers
Canadians Have Reason to Love Our Healthcare
For all we’ve heard about the ills of the Canadian healthcare system during the debate about reform in the U.S., it’s worth noting that we still have some of the best outcomes in the entire…
France’s Hijab Bans Extend to Banks
So keep them out of schools, bar them from employment in the public sector, and then prevent them from getting their own money from the bank? Someone is oppressing women here, it’s just not who…
The Underworld of Anti-Muslim Blogging
Devon Moore of the Daily Kos features what he calls, a cesspool of some of the most vile hatred and misinformation on the internet… They range from academics such as Daniel Pipes, self-declared scholars like…
Tattoo as evidence of murder
Telltale teardrop quashes acquittal Ontario Superior Court Justice Todd Archibald should not have barred testimony from a gang expert and three Malvern Crew members that could have bolstered the Crown’s case that Abbey had a…
The heavy hand of family law
Domestic abuse law blasted Ontario’s “zero tolerance” policy on domestic violence has come into question following an unusual court case involving an Orangeville-area woman who was charged with assault after joking in emails that she…
Facebook Agrees to Comply with Canada’s Privacy Laws
A triumphant Jennifer Stoddart, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner came out this morning and said that Facebook agreed to make changes to its privacy policy within a year. The following changes are being touted: Denying third-party application…