Those were the days – Дорогой длинною
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James C Morton
Conversion and the defence of abandonment
Dean v. Kotsopoulos, 2012 ONCA 143 deals with conversion and abandonment: The trial judge correctly stated that conversion is a strict liability tort. It is no defence that the wrongful interference with…
Nunavut gets two new judges – both excellent choices!
Andrew Mahar, Bonnie Tulloch named to Nunavut Court of Justice March 2 NUNATSIAQ NEWS The federal Department of Justice announced two new judicial appointments to the Nunavut Court of Justice…
Hudak wants to order Toronto to build subways, not streetcars
Subways are wonderful. I'd be glad if Toronto had a subway system just as good as New York or London. But even if Mayor Ford's proposal proceeded we'd only have…
The dog that didn’t bark
Interesting: Conservatives didn't declare payments made to robocalls company, can't explain why http://natpo.st/xpSNln "OTTAWA — Elections Canada investigators probing the robocalls scandal are interviewing workers on the Conservative campaign in…
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.
Charles Dickens"Hunted Down" (1859)
Observations and conscriptive evidence
R. v. Brode, 2012 ONCA 140 considers the authority of border guards to investigate impaired driving offences. In the course of the Court’s review the Court holds that mere observations…
Calgary MP Rob Anders may face legal action after alleged nap
This is a weird story — but even if true I can't see what the claim is: being rude? napping inappropriately? Seriously, even a slander claim sounds thin: Toronto SUN…
Designation of counsel does not allow delegation to agent
It is common for accused not to attend court but to allow counsel to attend on their behalf on the basis of a designation naming counsel. In Ontario the counsel…
The Bear – Robert Frost
The bear puts both arms around the tree above her And draws it down as if it were a lover And its chokecherries lips to kiss good-by, Then lets it…
Conservatives Acknowledge Vote Suppression
Sometimes confess and avoid works. Especially where liability is inevitable. Note, a Saturday release minimizes impact: http://bit.ly/ABq0hC OTTAWA—Canada's Conservative government said Saturday there appeared to have been deliberate and…
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Prior consistent statement admissible?
R. v. Edgar, 2010 ONCA 529 deals with when a prior consistent statement can be adduced in the criminal context: For the following reasons, I conclude that the spontaneous exculpatory statements made…
When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago
Friedrich Nietzsche
Causation and damage principles
Bibik v. 2014052 Ontario Ltd. (Deluxe Windows of Canada), 2012 ONCA 135 released today has a useful summary of the treatment of causation and damage principles: i) Principles of causation…