Law and chance
The boy who would be mayor Anna Mehler Paperny writes for the Globe and Mail: Mr. Coombs, who lives with his parents in Paradise and commutes to Memorial University in St. John’s, won the first…
Legal Reform
Gadhafi on Security Council Reform
Although plenty have laughed at Gadaffi’s recent address at the U.N. that seemed to never end, he followed with an interview where he discussed some of the shortcomings of the Security Council. He proposes a…
Federal Court rules on challenge to last year’s election
Watchdog failed to show 2008 vote illegal: Federal Court Sue Bailey writes: Harper asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament last September despite his own fixed-date election law. That law set the next federal vote…
Legal Aid Boycott Continues To Grow
The legal aid boycott, which began in June, continues to grow. Today, Toronto-based lawyer Tony Bryant asked to be removed from a first-degree murder case being held in Kitchener, Ontario. Outside of court, Bryant cited…
Ontario AG responds to continuing Legal Aid boycott
The boycott of legal aid by the Criminal Lawyer’s Association continues. I reported a few days ago that the CLA would not endorse the government’s plan to inject $150 million into Legal Aid on the…
Differing Views on Healthcare from an Economics Perspective
I have heard, seen and read the debate among pundits in regard to healthcare reform south of the border. Cutting through the misinformation, spin, rhetoric and outright bull, there is a somewhat trivial economic explanation…
Legal Aid to get a much-needed funding boost
After years of neglect, the Legal Aid system in Ontario has been scheduled for an overhaul. On Tuesday, Attorney General Chris Bentley will announce $150 million in new funding for Legal Aid, as well as…
Athanasios Hadjis Rules in Lemire v. Warman
In the high profile case between Marc Lemire and Richard Warman, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has refused to apply s. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which stated that hate messages also affected,…
Access to justice and elected judges (conclusion)
(Part 1) So anyone demanding the election of judges should understand this: there is a conflict between accountability and impartiality. It’s often hard to get the judges both to be independent and to answer to…
August 1: A Day Of Remembrance
This is part of the Middle Passage Law Series and is cross posted on Commercial Law International. Why am I wearing all black today? Am I in mourning? No, not exactly. Then why? Well it…
Access to justice and elected judges
Every once in a while, a big legal case takes over the press. Murder, corruption, shareholder disputes, and Canadians stuck abroad eventually come before our courts. And when judges hand down their decisions, some people…
Sick of Printed Ontario Reports Yet?
Michael Carabash of Dynamic Lawyers has this skit on why we need to go digital. Michel-Adrien Sheppard, also known as Library Boy, agrees – and says it applies equally to other provinces.