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Current news, cases, and ideas affecting law and practice.

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Supreme Court holds ban on cannabis derivatives infringes security of the person.

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Legal Wit — Elephant v Turtle

This is a cautionary tale of an elephant and a turtle, in close quarter.

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Legitimate Expectations Doctrine

Sturdy Truck Body (1972) Ltd. v. Minister of National Revenue | 1995 CarswellNat 419 | Federal Court — Trial Division

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Legal Wit — The Cupboard is Bare

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!1   …   This case requires the court to determine the meaning of the word "from" as used in s.

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Recent decision in which the judge ruled on a motion for interim custody by creating a nesting arrangement.

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Phrase of the Week - Corporate Identification Doctrine

Livent Inc. (Receiver of) v. Deloitte & Touche | 2014 CarswellOnt 4365 | Ontario Superior Court of Justice [Commercial List]

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Legal Wit — If a Tree Falls . . .

If a tree is cut down in the forest, and a judge hears about it, who owns that tree? This is a contest, under s.

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Is s. 88.1 of Alberta's Traffic Safety Act, which mandates a temporary license suspension until alcohol related charges are resolved, constitutional?

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In Reckitt Benckiser LLC v. Jamieson Laboratories Ltd., the Federal Court applied the tri-partite test and granted an interlocutory injunction to restrain Jamieson from selling essentially the same product into the same channels as Reckitt Benckiser’s registered trademark.

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Phrase of the Week - Plain View Doctrine

Lake Ontario Cement Ltd./Ciment Lac Ontario Ltée v. Canada (Director of Investigation & Research) | 1990 CarswellNat 769 | Federal Court of Canada

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Legal Wit — But Everybody Does It!

Proof beyond a reasonable doubt requires a high degree of proof, but it does not demand certainty.

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This post summarizes a BC case in which a defamation suit was dismissed for unreasonable delay causing significant prejudice to the defendants.

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