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George Orwell warned that lurking behind the fun offered by competitive sports is the threat of the arousal of "the most savage combative instincts".

The sale of a golf course under receivership was approved by the Court, in opposition to the wishes of the first mortgagee, who wanted to redeem the first mortgage.

A classic from the cows-on-highway genre: is it reasonably foreseeable that cows will swim?

The Court of Appeal refused to hear D's attempts to challenge the constitutionality of the Code's criminal negligence provisions, since they were made without notice to the Crown and never mentioned at trial.

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Stone Mills (Township) v. Rebel Scrap Metal Inc. | 2013 CarswellOnt 3078 | Ontario Court of Appeal

In the midst of legal proceedings respecting the division of family property, how the petitioner thought breaking and entering his estranged wife's home and removing a raft of chattels would assist the parties in reaching a property resolution is uncertain.

S.C.C. rules on Criminal Code's s. 515(10)(c) balancing test for detention in custody of an accused.

This month’s post features a potpourri of legal issues stemming from the ever-growing world of the internet: an overview of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), a brief look at cyberbullying and harassment, and an examination of crimes against computers systems including hackers, mischief, malware and spyware.

Court of appeal holds spousal incompetency rule does not extend to common law spouses.

This post summarizes an interesting case from Newfoundland which looked at the question of whether the Crown "owns" wild animals for the purposes of liability.

R. v. Day | 2014 CarswellNfld 78 | Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal