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Court of appeal allows fresh evidence of deportation consequences in appeal of sentence.

Majority of Court of Appeal holds police search of text messages in cell phone may violate message sender’s reasonable expectation of privacy.

Overall, [the appealant]'s testimony — its unsupported nature, its inconsistencies — along with his frequent evasiveness, vagueness and deflections — leaves me entirely uninclined to accept any material portion of [the appealant]'s testimony that is not corroborated.

This post summarizes a Newfoundland case in which the Court had to determine whether the parties had been validly married.

Oldfield, Re | 1949 CarswellMan 14 | Manitoba Court of King's Bench

No counsel should draft a pleading without reading the appropriate rules on pleadings each time before they draft the pleading.

Menziesbank Corp. assisted in the implementation of a matrimonial settlement. The Court of Appeal for Ontario granted leave to appeal to the creditors who claimed a solicitor’s lien and a salvage lien in relation to services rendered or money lent to the bankrupt taxpayer.

The owner lent his ATV, provided the borrower only drive it on his farm -- even after the borrower breached this condition, the court upheld the vicarious liability of the owner for the motor vehicle accident that followed.

Recent decision which denied a litigant’s request to stay a divorce order due to her being in contempt of a previous order.

Of course [the defendant] was entitled to change its organization as it saw fit and to terminate the plaintiff or anyone else, subject to the law requiring proper notice.

This post examines the general principles behind the interpretation of contracts, and an overview of the burden of proof for construction and interpretation.

Summary of a recent New Brunswick case in which a former same sex spouse attempted to contract out of child support obligations.