Welcome the New Recruits
If you’re seeing some new names and new perspectives around here at Law is Cool, it’s because as always we are ever expanding our list of contributors. Here are some of the new additions: Lawrence…
Follow-up: SCC tosses “dead fly” appeal
Yesterday I explained the background to the Mustapha v. Culligan of Canada cases. As expected, the Supreme Court issued its decision today. The full text of the lovely (read: short) decision can be be found…
“Dead fly in water bottle” case to be decided by Supreme Court tomorrow
One of the more interesting cases from first year Contracts/Torts class concerned a man, Mustapha, who sued Culligan Water after discovering a dead fly in one of its 5-gallon bottles. The facts of the case…
Israel and Syria Engaged in Fresh Peace Talks
Israel and Syria are publicly engaged in a new round of peace talks aimed at ending the bitter conflict between the nations that has been going on for half a century. Israel, Syria, and Turkey…
Firing Up Might Not Get You Hired
Employers are prevented in Canada from refusing to hire someone on a number of discriminatory grounds unless they directly relate to the job requirements. These categories include race, religion, gender, or political affiliation. But what…
Online Legal Reporting Trumps CNN
The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped. This is how CNN covers a story of a 16-year…
Promoting Access to Justice
Warren Winkler, chief justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal, raises the issue in today’s Star of the problem of access in our justice system due to rising costs and lengthening delays. He identifies measures…
SCC constitutionalizes diminished criminal responsibility for youths
If I have a theme for this week, I guess it would be “implied constitutional principles.” Following up on the California gay marriage ruling, I have another post today, this time from much closer to…
California becomes second U.S. state to legalize gay marriage
This morning the California Supreme Court ruled that the state’s laws restricting marriage to heterosexual couples were unconstitutional. Following a close 4-3 decision, California has become just the second state in America (after Massachusetts) to…
Freedom of hate speech
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Mark Steyn Debates Complainants
We’ve all been waiting for this since forever. The understandably busy articling students from Osgoode Hall make time to debate Mark Steyn on TVO. A point of note: the poster of the videos introduces them…
Law School Stressful? Hah!
Congratulations on finishing your year, and remember the best is yet to come.