The McGuinty government has today announced that it will be making significant changes to the civil justice system in Ontario. The changes arise in response to Justice Osborne’s recommendations for civil procedure reforms. The government…
Prof. Errol Mendes of UofO has stated that PM Harper’s recent decision to prorogue government is not just a bad idea, but “very dangerous.” Any time that the prime minister wants to evade the confidence…
Mr. Wisdom has pointed out how reliant we soon-to-be-lawyers are on technology. I, like him, cannot imagine living without CanLII, electronic library catalogs, and e-laws. However, there has always been an undercurrent of resistance to…
Earlier this year we raised the question of how the justice system will deal with the obesity epidemic. We just got what might be our first test case. Michel Lapointe, aka Big Mike, got early…
We are fairly confident that many of our readers are well aware that the CIC v. Maclean’s case has been officially closed (at least at this point in time; an appeal is still a legal…
According to the Ontario Attorney General’s website: In 1992, it took an average of 4.3 court appearances to bring a charge to completion. By last year, this figure had more than doubled to 9.2 appearances….
With an unabating drug epidemic and the winds of political change in the air, interest is growing in the United States for a less punitive and more liberal war on drugs. One battle in this…
Just over a year ago we covered Senator Ernie Chambers, the man suing God for making terrorist threats. The case was tossed out this week. But the point of Chambers’ suit, to demonstrate that anyone…
Just over a month ago I said on Slaw, …government officials should also review legislation relating to liability of public apologies so that responsible companies like Maple Leaf are not penalized in the process. It…
Every state in the U.S. has a lemon law that gives consumers redress when they find that they’ve purchased a defective car and the manufacturer can’t (or won’t) fix it. In addition, there are a…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has nominated Nova Scotia appeal judge Thomas Cromwell to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Cromwell will succeed Justice Michel Bastarache, who retired from the S.C.C. on 30 June…
The Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario announced today a new website and hotline to provide legal information. Information is available on: Finding a lawyer Tickets and fines Lawsuits and disputes Family and criminal…
