White-collar crime—sentencing
Drabinsky gets 7 years Defence lawyers Edward and Brian Greenspan argued that their clients should be sentenced to two years less a day of house arrest, followed by three years’ probation. They proposed the pair…
Respect the Canadian passport
Woman stuck in Kenya seeks help for stress Mohamud will see a doctor today in Nairobi to treat stress arising from, among other things, being jailed with killers at Langata Women’s Prison. Coming back home…
Digital locks issue not going away any time soon
People often complain that Canadian copyright law is out of date and that we need a stricter law to protect the artists. I’d just like to turn to one particularly controversial topic on copyright law…
Don’t upload videos of yourself when you’re doing illegal stuff!!!
This should go without saying, but there are people that still don’t quite get it. So let’s be perfectly clear: Do not post videos of yourself growing marijuana Do not post videos of your seven…
Injustice continues
Trapped in Nairobi, woman’s life crumbles Her rent has not been paid in three months, her credit card bills are accumulating interest, her phone, Internet and cable connections have been cut off. She hasn’t earned…
The finger as a traffic offence
One-digit salute earns driver second ticket After he received the ticket and began to pull away, the driver raised his hand and flashed an obscene gesture toward provincial police Const. Bettina Schwarze. Do you think…
The fight for equal justice
We wrote about the growing legal aid boycott before. A couple of days ago, crown prosecutors supported the protest. Hugh Locke, a retired judge and current member of Toronto’s police services board, weighed in too recently. The…
Law is Cool Listed in Top 100 Best Blogs for Law School Students
The Online Schools blog listed Law is Cool as one of the Top 100 blogs internationally for law students: Blogs from Law School Students Peer experience is an important resource for any student. Law students…
A story of crime (?) and punishment (!)
If a teacher and a student fall in love and have a consensual sexual encounter, should the teacher go to jail for 10 years? What if the student is of the age of consent? What…
Controversy Continues, Even after Strike Resolution
Toronto City Council voted 21-17 this week to endorse a new contract with the 30,000 city workers who have been on strike for 39 days. And although the garbage is being picked up, a political…
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…
Abdelrazik seeks justice
Spy watchdog to probe CSIS conduct in Abdelrazik case The probe pulls the agency closer to the centre of the Abdelrazik controversy. A federal judge, in ordering Ottawa to bring Mr. Abdelrazik home from Sudan,…