Law of Probable Dispersal
Law of Probable Dispersal: Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed
August 2009
Taxes are inevitable
Swiss bank UBS to name names Swiss banking giant UBS AG (UBS-N15.51-0.39-2.45%) agreed Wednesday to turn over to the IRS the details of 4,450 accounts suspected of holding undeclared assets by American customers, piercing Switzerland’s…
Foreign state denies Canadians entry because of names
Israel targets Palestinian-Canadians Since Americans appearing to have Palestinian heritage are hit also, the US Administration is twisting Israelis’ arms to change the policy. Predictably, the Canadian government is silent.
Israeli Prof Thinks Boycott Only Way to Save Country
Prof. Neve Gordon of Ben-Gurion University, a third-generation Israeli who suffered severe war wounds resulting in physical disabilities, has come out with a strange proposition. The only way that Israel can save itself from what…
Canada’s Contradictory Constitutional Laws
Here’s some good news for you incoming 1Ls. Canada’s recent constitutional decisions by the Supreme Court are so complicated and contradictory, that even the experts cannot identify the overarching principles. Prof. Ed Morgan of UofT…
Crime or trifle?
Mother of baby left in car faces charges “She was so calm, so indifferent to what I was saying to her, it didn’t seem to have any impact on her,†Landreville said. “I wanted somebody…
Definition of gift
Stripper 1, Taxman 0 According to a judgment rendered by the Tax Court of Canada, the mystery benefactor, named in court documents as Mr. X, paid Landry largely to keep him company, not to dance….
Definition of marriage again
‘Lola’ continues fight for common-law alimony Judge Carole Hallee ruled against Lola last month, saying there wasn’t evidence unmarried partners were being discriminated against, and that to recognize all couples in a relationship of permanence…
Religious accommodation
Sikh not mocked in hard hat row, hearing told A Sikh security guard who would not don a hard hat at a Home Depot store under construction was not mocked or told he could be…
Death by procedure
US judge ‘ignored death row plea’ The prisoner, Michael Wayne Richard, was put to death hours after she allegedly shut the court, despite being told an appeal was imminent.
Dragged out trial loses a judge
Judge steps down in B.C. corruption trial Judge Elizabeth Bennett is stepping down as the trial judge in the long-running political corruption trial involving former executive assistants to provincial Liberal cabinet ministers.
Mentally ill and the criminal justice system
Mother wants answers as to why son died When Ikram Said’s son was placed in seclusion for up to 23 hours a day, he begged her to hire a lawyer and get him out of…