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Archives : August 2015

R. v. British Columbia (Attorney General) | 1923 CarswellNat 3 | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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Recent court of appeal decision regarding the variation of spousal support and the foreseeability of material change.

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Legal Wit — New Career Options For Santa

I have reviewed the affidavit of service and I must say that I have grave doubts as to its accuracy.

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Reflecting the daily news coverage of bribery and corruption scandals, this month’s post takes a closer look at some of the Criminal Code’s numerous offences relating to corruption, specifically bribery of officials, bribery of officers and frauds on government.

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Case comment on Frank v Canada (Attorney General) in which the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld restrictions on non-residents voting in Federal elections

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Emitting

Podolsky v. Cadillac Fairview Corp. | 2013 CarswellOnt 1405 | Ontario Court of Justice

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Recent decision in which a disabled spouse’s claim for spousal support based on need was denied by the court.

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Can the defence use therapeutic records after the Crown includes them in disclosure by mistake?

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Legal Wit — Brevity is the Soul of . . .

I do not regard the length or thickness of the evidentiary and rhetorical record as necessarily revealing much, because a great volume of material may actually indicate that the lawyers spent too little time preparing the matter.

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Ontario Court of Appeal reconciles inconsistent verdicts of criminal negligence but no dangerous driving.

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Closer

Elliott v. R. | 2013 CarswellNat 2540 | (T.C.C. [General Procedure]

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Legal Wit — Unfortunately Prescient

Perhaps the persons involved in naming the Cranberry Village project were prescient in that cranberries grow naturally in bogs.

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