Prostitution laws not irrational, lawyer argues Tracey Tyler writes for the Toronto Star: Just because prostitution is illegal in public and commercial venues in Canada but not in hotel rooms and homes doesn’t mean the…
Canada to take hard line with would-be migrants Jane Armstrong and John Ibbitson write for the Globe: Canada’s Immigration Minister has signalled that he intends to play hardball with 76 men believed to be from…
Judge orders CSIS to hand over file Bill Curry writes for the Globe: The Federal Court is ordering Canada’s spy agency to disclose a second human source in the Mohamed Harket case, an exceptional decision…
White-collar criminals face new sentences Campbell Clark writes for the Globe and Mail: The federal government will legislate two-year minimum sentences for big-money frauds of more than $1-million, seeking to assuage an outcry over a…
Ottawa to seek top court ruling on single securities regulator Unlike the US, Canada doesn’t have a national securities regulator. Canadian constitution is somewhat equivocal in its division of powers between provinces and Ottawa. It…
The UK government has published an interactive map to help illustrate the potential effects of climate change. Act on Copenhagen is the official website in preparation for the successor to the Kyoto Protocol, where governments…
First posted on Commercial Law International on Oct 15, 2009. By Charles Wanguhu The caveat emptor rule dictates that an individual seeking to purchase land should ensure that he is dealing with the rightful owner….
Sometimes it takes a midterm to realize we’re back in school. This creative video comes to you from Gavin Holder, a 3L at Windsor Law.
On Sunday October 18th I woke up as I usually do, turning to the news to see what I missed while I was dreaming of something I would undoubtedly not remember… I recall rolling my…
Some of us were still having a hard time figuring it out, even after companies law.
Justice Tremblay-Lamer of the Federal Court has quashed the controversial case against Adil Charkaoui, the alleged terrorist detained on a security certificate. In his 2004 case before the Federal Court, the government made submissions that…
Montreal Mafia controls 80 per cent of road contracts, whistleblower says “There is a group that controls contracts on [Montreal] Island, passing them around, one after the other, we call them the Fabulous Fourteen,†said…
