Stuff I don’t know (and stuff I do)
Lots of stuff happens at my office that I don't know about. And in theory at least I am one of the bosses. So I suppose the Prime Minister might…
James C Morton
Funding defence costs for corporate officers and directors
Cytrynbaum v. Look Communications Inc., 2013 ONCA 455 deals with ongoing funding for litigation defence by former corporate directors and officers for a claim brought by their corporation. Such funding…
Twin Pandas Born
Xinhua news agency is reporting that the baby pandas were born at Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan province to a mom named Haizi. They were born 10 minutes apart on…
The test for granting leave to appeal in CCAA proceedings
Labourers’ Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada v. Sino-Forest Corporation, 2013 ONCA 456 holds: The test for granting leave to appeal in CCAA proceedings is well-settled. It is to…
Egypt – key points
– The Egyptian army has suspended the constitution and announced the formation of a technocratic interim government ahead of new presidential elections. – Religious and opposition figures have approved the…
Scope of review by certiorari is very limited
Pèse Pêche Inc. v. R, 2013 NBCA 37 holds: At the outset, it bears noting that the decision whether to grant or refuse a prerogative remedy such as certiorari is…
Academic matters not to be determined by Courts
Walia v. University of Manitoba et al., 2013 MBCA 61: Clearly and unquestionably, in my view, the pith and substance of the appellant’s action against the respondents is an academic…
Elizabeth I
You lawyers are so nice and precise in shifting and scanning every word and letter that many times you stand more upon form than matter, upon syllables than the sense…
Do not trust the promises of Princes: The Life and Death of Richard the Third Act 4 Scene 2
KING RICHARD III Stand all apart Cousin of Buckingham! BUCKINGHAM My gracious sovereign? KING RICHARD III Give me thy hand. Here he ascendeth his throne Thus high, by thy adviceAnd…
Morton’s Musings 2013-06-28 20:32:00
Some can gaze and not be sick, But I could never learn the trick. There’s this to say for blood and breath, They give a man a taste for death.…
Sufficiency of reasons
R. v. Vuradin, 2013 SCC 38 holds: An appellate court tasked with determining whether a trial judge gave sufficient reasons must follow a functional approach: R. v. Sheppard, 2002 SCC…