The Glass Ceiling is Breaking! Umm…kind of…
“…[P]robably the most exciting day was the day I found out I became dean. And I remember the person who phoned me said, ‘Are you sitting down?’ And I said, ‘No.’ And the person said,…
Careless Driver Convicted After Boasting Online: Issues Surrounding Internet Statement Evidence
News Article: Careless Driver Convicted After Boasting Online, issues surrounding electronic “statement evidence” and the anonymity of the internet.
The G20 Class Action
via CBC news: A woman who says she was in a crowd detained by police for hours at a Toronto intersection during a G20 protest has launched a $45-million class-action lawsuit against the Toronto Police…
Does A Police Officer Have To Show Up For Court?
One common police myth involves the question “Does a police officer have to show up for court?” In this post, Simon Says: Yes, they do!
just sue it
this is a little old but still funny! A handyman working at a British hotel sawed off a tree branch while standing on a ladder – with the ladder leading against the branch being cut….
Lady Justice Marches in Pride
Check out the Liberal Minute by Jason Lamarche.
Stockwell Day Unicorn Poaching Unreported Crimes
The Case for Banning Short Skirts
We’re well into 9-months into the cell phone ban for Ontario drivers, even though we know that hands-free phones are also risky. The Telegraph reports that our riskiest behaviours may have nothing to do with…
Hip-Hop and the Law: Law as Police
Welcome to the first article in the “Hip-Hop and the Law” series, which uses hip-hop as an entry point to discuss significant legal issues from unconventional perspectives. For my first exploration of hip-hop and the law, I decided to focus on the way “the law” is often used as a synonym for law enforcement or police officers in rap music.
Canadians have a constitutional right to government-held info: SCC
According to a recent ruling of the SCC, the right to access to government records is now protected by the Charter. In a unanimous 7-0 ruling in Ontario (Public Safety and Security) v. Criminal Lawyer’s…
Lawyers Top Kilimanjaro
Here’s a follow-up from our podcast interview with Christopher Bredt of Borden, Ladner, Gervais LLP, who climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with other lawyers from his firm for charity. Sean Weir, BLG’s National Managing Partner referred to…
Wikileaks exposes ‘unseen war’
Via Channel 4 News: Secret Afghanistan files: revealed for the first time The extraordinary leak made public by whistleblowers’ website Wikileaks has lifted the lid on more than 90,000 US military documents involving classified information…