No Note-taking in Court
Just when you thought the G20 couldn’t get even more ridiculous. Susan Clairmont of the Hamiton Spectator: Everyone is allowed to take notes in court. Period. But the other day a Toronto justice of the…
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Parkdale Defends G20 Protesters
Riali Johanesson, a lawyer in Parkdale, tells how she was arrested by police for being on the scene, This is the first time in my life I’ve been so afraid of the police. Parkdale is…
The law of street protest in Canada
The events of the G20 weekend in Toronto raised important legal issues and exposed gaps in our law. Are street protests legal and when can the police break them up? Can the police have special…
Paikin on police attack against peaceful protest
Paikin: “There’s a distinction that needs to be made… This was not a great day for democracy in Toronto. I saw things I’ve never seen before, I saw things that shouldn’t have happened.”
Violent Protest or Agent Provocateurs?
Civil liberties suspended in Toronto during G20?
The G20 summit in Toronto has come and gone, but not before leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Â I’m not just referring to all the shattered glass and burned out husks of police…
Secret Laws and Extraordinary Police Powers: G20
Normally, Canadians have the right to be left alone by police. Pedestrians generally don’t have to answer police questions and don’t have to identify themselves. They certainly don’t have to submit to searches by police….
The legality of G20 police cordons in Toronto
Toronto is a changed city this weekend. Various police forces have cordoned off a big part of downtown searching and checking IDs of those wishing to enter. We in Canada are not used to ID…
The Swiss Banking Business Model Faces Realignment
First posted on Commercial Law International on June 29, 2009. The world economic down turn has had many knock on effects, many of which unexpected. It seems that bad times has the uncanny effect of…
Real Media Don’t Die, We Multiply
If you’ve been alive and on the Internet in the past year you would have read the obituaries – print newspapers are dead. Or dying, so they claim. Some are even claiming the recession with…