Civil conspiracy claims in family law
Waters v. Michie, 2011 BCCA 364 is an appeal from an order striking the appellant’s plea of conspiracy against her former husband and his current wife in a family law…
James C Morton
Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb – Justice Delayed
In 2002 the RCMP laid charges against the founders of Livent, Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb. A little over two years ago, in August 2009, they were convicted and sentenced…
R. v. Garth Howard Drabinsky and Myron Irwin Gottlieb
The following notice appeared moments ago on the Court of Appeal website:Docket: C50830 & C50831On appeal from the convictions entered on March 25, 2009, and the sentences imposed on August…
La conscience ne peut pas avoir tort
Alfred de Vigny
Abandonment of employment
Pereira v. The Business Depot Ltd., 2011 BCCA 361 contains a useful statement of the law as relates to abandoning a position of employment in the context of a wrongful…
When must civil applications be tried?
Saskatchewan WTF v. WTF Tae Kwon Do, 2011 ONSC 4982 contains useful analysis dealing when an application must proceed as with a trial of issues or as an action: …
Totally distracted driving
So a car pulls up to me at a stop. The driver is having a bowel of cereal. Holding the bowel with one hand and a spoon with the other.…
A sensible economic plan
The urban myth of a taxi driver with a Ph D is not a myth. Highly skilled immigrants do face considerable difficulty getting their first job in Canada -- once…
Why we need hard copies of books and printed photographs
E-books are easy to post and allow authors who could never before get published access to significant audiences. I like e-books -- I have two e-books on Amazon myself. I…
Je reviendrai vainqueur, ou ne reviendrai pas.
Ludovic HALÉVYSounds like me going to court ...
Conrad Black — the Voice of Reason on prison reform?
The old, nasty, joke was that a conservative was a liberal who had been mugged. Perhaps a liberal is a conservative who has been arrested?http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1049439--conrad-black-s-broadside-against-canada-s-prison-plan
The Court must exclude inadmissible evidence, even if called by the party injured by the evidence, if justice requires
R. v. Igbinedion, 2011 ONCA 571 is a remarkable case. The accused who was self-represented called evidence that was presumptively inadmissible and was highly prejudicial. The Court held the trial judge ought to…
I’m glad to see the Toronto Sun takes a fair and balanced approach to the Liberal platform
Not!There are legitimate issues to raise about the platform -- I think it's a good and sensible platform but reasonable people can legitimately differ. But the Sun's cover? Candidly it's…
McGuinty promises 30 per cent tuition cut, as Liberal platform unveiled
www.ontarioliberal.ca Dalton McGuinty unveiled his long-awaited platform for the Oct. 6 election with a massive new pledge worth up to $1,600 a year for full-time university students. "We're taking…