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

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This blog post discusses proposed changes to the Ontario Estates Administration Tax Act and its regulations.

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This blog post summarizes a recent Alberta Court of Queen's Bench case that examined whether police may search smartphone data incident to arrest.

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This post summarizes a recent Ontario Court of Appeal case that examined whether an e-Bike is a motor vehicle for the purpose of a driving prohibition.

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Legal Wit — Thin Ice

This issue was thinly argued, so I will not skate far with it on that small rink of thin ice Song Woon Enterprises Ltd.

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This blog post discusses a recent Supreme Court of Canada case that allowed wiretap evidence gathered by the police to be used in a civil proceeding.

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Legal Wit — The Reality Check

There is no indication in the material before me that the child has any particular ability or level of participation in sporting or other activities beyond what could be described as that of an average child.

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The McGill Guide is now available on westlaw Canada. Learn how to use it with this research tip.

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This post discusses a recent case in which the BC Supreme Court dismissed a receiver's application for a bidding procedures order approving a stalking horse bid.

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Word of the Week - Inexcusable

Law v. Whelan | 2012 CarswellOnt 1390 (Ont. S.C.J.) | Corbett J.

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Legal Wit — Defendants Not Just Along For the Ride

Defendants are not required to go along for the ride while a plaintiff learns the "in's and out's" of litigation or explores alternatives to his complaints.

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Jian Ghomeshi's lawsuit against the CBC is much in the news right now, but do unionized employees have the right to sue their employers?

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Application of Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines by the Ontario Court of Appeal to a variance application in Gray v. Gray

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