The difference between and inference and a hunch
Jacques Home Town Dry Cleaners v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2013 NSCA 4 deals with the difference between an inference and a hunch, and the importance of properly
James C Morton
Sound a bit familiar?
New York Times: January 7, 2013 Questions Left for Mississippi Over Doctor’s Autopsies By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON JACKSON, Miss. — For a long time, if a body turned up in Mississippi…
If the police ignore lawful direction …
Rereading Gene Sharp’s book “From Dictatorship to Democracy” I was struck by the following passage: “Defiance strategists should remember that it will be exceptionally difficult, or impossible, to disintegrate the…
Two atoms are walking down the street together. The first atom turns and says, "Hey, you just stole an electron from me!"
"Are you sure?" asks the second atom. To which the first atom replies, "Yeah, I‘m positive!"
Rob Ford’s appeal will fail
“Is that the demeanour of someone who is trying to hide something or is it the demeanour of an honest man?” Mr. Lenczner thundered upon hearing last February’s speech. In…
"We seem to be drifting into dangerous waters in the life of the public affairs of this province when courts cannot predict, with any practical degree of certainty, whether police agencies will assist in enforcing court injunctions against demonstrators who will not voluntarily cease unlawful activities, such as those carried on by the protesters in this case"
A judge who issued an injunction order to stop a blockade on a main rail line between Toronto and Montreal on Saturday has criticized police for not trying to stop…
At the Ford hearing
A mad house — never seen such a packed courtroom. My prediction? A reserve judgment and then dismissal — then a Mayor will be appointed. Whether that is what should…
Costs to a losing litigant
William v. British Columbia, 2013 BCCA 1 is a highly unusual case where a losing party is awarded costs: While it is very rare for a court to award costs…
What noise wakes you up at the North Pole around March 18?
The crack of dawn!
Sentencing for sexual abuse
R v D.M. 2012 ONCA 894 deals with the appropriate range for sentencing for sexual abuse of minors. The Court held, in reducing a sentence to four years : "….in…
George H W Bush
Bush the elder was a moderate Republican – and it seem unlikely he could be nominated today. His illness reminds us of the gulf between the Republican Party of twenty…