If you are planning on getting married anytime soon, then keep reading as you need to know that not all marriage licences are created equal. By: Pagan Cheung, Paralegal Student. Published: Sun Jun 01 2014 Photo Credit: Kim…
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In response to last week’s post on the report of the Advisory Panel to the Attorney General on strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPP), one relevant case was brought to my attention. On July 20,…
October 28th of this month will mark the one year anniversary of the publication of the Anti-SLAPP Panel’s Report to the Attorney General on anti-SLAPP legislation. Since then, the chatter on the issue of strategic…
Every time I see the Dragons belittle a sweating contestant from their raised TV studio platform that reminds of Olympus I catch a breath. It’s not Jerry Springer but what if one of the scorned…
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In this open letter addressed to the head of Iranian Judiciary, Mohammad Sadeq Larijani, the Baha’i International Community criticizes the judicial administrative process and brings into light the abuse of the legal process and numerous violations of Iranian Constitution, while calling into question judiciary’s impartiality, and reminding the Head of judiciary of stark lack of any evidence in the charges laid against 7 members of the Baha’i administrative body of Iran who have are sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.
Omar Khadr’s Lawyer Dennis Edney Speech at FNC from Ezra Winton on Vimeo.
David Canton has a column in this week’s London Free Press, where he discusses the Conrad Black case: The case deals with Internet defamation and how to determine where to sue for it. As with…
In the spirit of increased collegiality and collaboration within the Canadian legal blogging community, LawisCool.com and TheCourt.ca have set aside their heated rivalry to bring you their first ever joint posting. What follows is a…
While the internet provides users with an environment in which socially valuable anonymous speech can flourish, it also provides users with an opportunity to defame others behind a shield of anonymity. If these users can…
Tony Wilson, of Boughton in Vancouver, wrote in this week’s issue of Lawyer’s Weekly, Reputation matters… But it’s not just companies and trade-mark owners who have reputations to protect. We all do, and these days,…
It just goes to show you that being late for court can hurt more than your client’s chances. A Thunder Bay judge has fined a veteran lawyer with what can be arguably described as habitual…
