Just days after a massive explosion at a propane transfer facility in Toronto, a $300 million class action lawsuit is being launched. On August 10, 2008, in the early morning hours, a massive explosion at…
Is the justice system blind to colour? Jim Rankin and Betsy Powell of the Toronto Star pose this question in an article that is part of the newspaper’s series on Crime and Punishment. The series…
Is it possible to be both happy and successful in law? Laura Milligan of Job Profiles thinks so. They wrote in last night and brought an article to our attention that provides tips and other…
In a situation reminiscent of the Paris riots of 2005, an angry mob took to the streets of Montreal last night, looting stores and attacking emergency services workers after police fatally wounded a teenager on…
The Toronto Star, among others, reports that Omar Khadr’s lawyers have launched a suit against the Canadian government to try and force the repatriation of their client. The illegality of Khadr’s detention at Guantanamo Bay…
Tim Naumetz of The Star reports, “This use of legal action to silence the opposition is characteristic of authoritarian governments,” Russell says in an expert opinion obtained by Toronto lawyer Chris Paliare, representing the Liberals….
Osgoode Hall Law School has had its own Francophone Society since January. We started with a tiny weekly conversation club last year even before officially registering with Legal and Lit. About ten or fifteen French language…
The US Supreme Court seems to receive a lot more attention than its Canadian counterpart. In part because it plays such a decisive role in US politics. The structure of the American political system may…
Susan Drummond, professor of family law at Osgoode Hall, finally weighed in yesterday on the polygamy issue. She claims that if fully prosecuted many individuals, including herself, would be guilty. There is a general rumbling…
(Via International Law Reporter) José Ernesto Medellín (the subject of International Court of Justice Cases) is scheduled to be executed today at 6pm in Texas. In the flurry of briefs surrounding Medellín petition for writ…
Last week the London Free Press shared findings on online gambling by June Cotte, an Associate Professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. Cotte interviewed regular gamblers at…
