Thinking about becoming a lawyer? Then did you know it’s illegal in Victoria, British Columbia for street musicians to give balloon animals to children? Did you know that Canada’s criminal code states that anyone “offending…
Audrey Macklin and Lorne Waldman explain the concept of judicial independence to Jason Kenney: “In a speech to the University of Western Ontario’s law faculty last week, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney launched an attack on…
IHRA joins International Coalition Intervening to save Vancouver Safe-Injection Site: An international coalition of harm reduction experts — comprised of the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and CACTUS Montréal —…
Funding orders must be exceptional, says the Supreme Court: ‘For the first time the Supreme Court has ruled that superior courts are empowered to order governments to fund public interest litigation before statutory courts and…
This is a link to the latest post at my website. Â Here is the London Free Press story I think this is very important for people to know… especially in Ontario. Â Read this, and you…
Via Matt Homann at the [non] billable hour:
Via the Pan-Arabian Enquirer: JEDDAH: Saudi officials yesterday unveiled plans for a dedicated residential resort set to house deposed dictators, and rolled out the carpet for more of the world’s despots who might be forced…
As a UWO student (and at many other Canadian universities,) you automatically pay an annual fee to an organization called Access Copyright. An item is included in your student activity fee, and it used to…
In perhaps one of the most bizzare products liaiblity cases we’ll see in some time, Didier Jambart of France is suing GlaxoSmithKline over the company’s Parkinson’s drug, Requip (ropinirole), The 51-year-old’s lawyers say their client’s…