Jury vetting alleged in Toronto
Background checks on potential jurors in Windsor and Barrie made headlines a few weeks ago. I wrote about them but focused mostly on privacy issues. Now a defence lawyer questions jury selection in a Toronto murder…
The Almrei case
Hearings are in progress before Justice Richard Mosley in Toronto. Here is a good recent summary by Toronto Star. (post sponsored by advicescene.com)
Legitimate-Content Bay?
I was surprised to see in numerous newspaper (here, here, etc.) that a Swedish firm called Global Gaming Factory signed an agreement to buy the Pirate Bay. For those unaware, the Pirate Bay, also based…
Downsizing on Bay Street
From the Globe and Mail: Oslers cuts 23 support staff The title of the article is a bit misleading. Osler is one of several firms mentioned. This is a sign of the times and an…
An Extraordinary About Face on Copyright Reform
An interesting article in the Star: Ministers finally embrace Canada’s digital future In an age where powerful lobby groups are advocating a copyright regime that looks much more like tyranny than sound public policy, here…
Another Black Canadian stuck abroad
The Toronto Star reports Suaad Mohamud Haji, a woman from Toronto, cannot leave Kenya where she was visiting her sick mother. Kenyan officials allege she does not look like her Canadian passport photo. The photo is more…
Happy Rome Statute Day
In addition to Canada Day, it’s also 7 years today since the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court came into force. I’ve offered some very strong criticisms of the Rome Statute and the International…
Sarkozy Wants to Ban the “Burqa”
French President Nicolas Sarkozy stated this past week that he is interested in banning the “burqa,” The burqa is not a religious sign, it’s a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement — I want…
Do you have a right to marry a foreigner?
Not effectively. Not, if you want to stay in your own country, Canada. In that case, marrying a foreigner is a privilege granted by the government. The Star reports today about exorbitant refusal rates for…
Federal Court Slams CSIS (Again)
Pretty soon this won’t be news.
Law profs throw their weight behind Legal Aid boycott
Here is the story from the Globe. On one side, we have a potential boost for access to justice at the cost of a definite short-term harm to the rights of the accused. On the other, it’s…
Mau Mau to sue the British Government
First Posted on Commercial Law International on June 24, 2009. By Charles Wanguhu The above move by the Kenyan freedom fighters to sue the British government has elicited some very interesting responses from some readers…