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Archives : October 2014

Legal Wit — Obscene Lawsuits

A former justice of the Supreme Court of the United States once said that although it might be difficult to define obscenity he knew it when he saw it.

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Word of the Week - Edit

R. v. Arviko | 2013 CarswellOnt 11629 (Ont. S.C.J.) | Clark J.

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Legal Wit — Mayday!

A flood claim is a mayday for experts and they commonly row to the rescue from opposite directions.

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R. v. Campbell | 2013 CarswellBC 630 | British Columbia Court of Appeal

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Word of the Week - Culture

R. v. Goodstriker | 2012 CarswellAlta 2223 (Alta. Prov. Ct.) | LeGrandeur Prov. J.

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Legal Wit — Passed Out, Read Him His Rights Anyway

It was thus at 7:10 PM that [the police constable] endeavored to inform [the defendant] about his right to counsel pursuant to section 10 of the Charter.

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Cuff v. Gales | 2014 CarswellOnt 11229 | Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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R. v. MacIsaac | 2013 CarswellOnt 18918 | Ontario Court of Justice

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Legal Wit — A Well-Aged Reassessment

While it is improbable this is the longest running reassessment in Canadian tax history it is nonetheless well aged; the mists of time accompanying its age surround it and breathe life to the Appellant's opposition to this request to amend the Reply.

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Phrase of the Week - Analogous Grounds

Droit de la famille - 091768 | 2013 CarswellQue 114 (S.C.C.) | Abella J. (dissenting)

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Legal Wit — The Mouse and the Elephant (Gun)

The regulation, as presently worded, is an elephant gun; it is not an appropriate weapon with which to dispatch the Christmas mouse.

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