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Canadian Privacy Law Reform1 comment

smitlesieur wrote 1 day ago: Today, at the International Association of Privacy Professionals Canadian conference, the Canadian P … more →

Tags: Canada, Privacy, Privacy Commissioner, Google, Jennifer Stoddart, Ottawa, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document, personally identifiable information, privacy commissioner of Canada

More on the Tort of Invasion of Privacy in Canada

smitlesieur wrote 3 days ago: For those who missed the first post on the new tort of invasion of privacy in Canada, 2012 saw a sig … more →

Tags: Canada, Jones v. Tsige, Law, Privacy, tort of invasion of privacy, Torts, Court of Appeal for Ontario, Expectation of privacy, House of Lords

Haqqani and the Taliban Listed as Terrorist Entities Under the Canadian Criminal Code

smitlesieur wrote 1 week ago: The Honourable Vic Toews, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, today announced that the Governm … more →

Tags: Canada, Security, Terrorism, Afghanistan, Haqqani Network, Minister of Public Safety, national security, Taliban, Vic Toews

Parliament of Canada Passes New Counter-Terrorism Legislation 4 comments

smitlesieur wrote 3 weeks ago: The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney G … more →

Tags: Canada, Law, Security, Terrorism, Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, minister of justice, Rob Nicholson, Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act

The Future of Now: Keeping Legal Requirements in Close Range1 comment

smitlesieur wrote 1 month ago: A smartphone app that transmits sensitive medical data about a patient in real-time; portable access … more →

Tags: data privacy, Risk, data storage, Right to Privacy, consumer privacy, app design, app. developer, Apps, Privacy

Civil Law

cavellel wrote 1 month ago: The second branch of Canadian government is civil law. This is the route used when there problems be … more →

Tags: Civil Law, Civil, beginners, Canadian court

Confidence-building Contract Quiz

Elizabeth wrote 1 month ago: Can the Bears get their money back if the work is not done properly? What happens if Jack doesn … more →

Tags: fun stuff, Quizzes, Quizzes & Tests, Contract Law, paralegal

Canadian Contract Law Quiz

Elizabeth wrote 1 month ago: Contract law affects our lives every day. If you use a website, buy a car, or agree to help out a fr … more →

Tags: fun stuff, Quizzes, Quizzes & Tests, civil litigation, Contracts

Criminal Law

cavellel wrote 1 month ago: As the name suggests, criminal law comes into effect when a person is accused of a crime. A crime is … more →

Tags: court, Law, Canada, court for beginners, Criminal Law, Civil Law, crimes, criminal law vs civil law

British Columbia - Adieu Moore v. Castlegar

David Cheifetz wrote 1 month ago: As a result of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Ediger v. Johnston, 2013 SCC 18 (released tod … more →

Tags: British Columbia law, Civil Procedure

Ediger v. Johnston, SCC case no. 34408

David Cheifetz wrote 1 month ago: on appeal from 2011 BCCA 253 reversing 2009 BCSC 386. The SCC’s decision in the Ediger appeal … more →

Tags: Causation

TITS OUT: Edgy Afterparty makes National Queer News

edgywomen wrote 2 months ago: By Michael McCarthy Original Xtra.ca article here. Last week, the 20th anniversary of Montreal’s Edg … more →

Tags: After Party, Art, edgy women festival, Gender, Karaoke, Lipster, Nipples, Nudity, Sport

When the Truth May Land You in Jail

ronfurg wrote 2 months ago: When the Truth May Land You in Jail The above is a link to an article by Joe Carter which appeared i … more →

Tags: Homosexuality, Religious Freedom, hate speach, Freedom of Speech

The real monsters among us and a prayer 71 comments

andy1076 wrote 2 months ago: Man who beat stepdaughter to death loses his appeal. I rarely step away from writing poetry and quot … more →

Tags: frustrating, Frustration, Moments of Thought, Thoughts, angel, Assault, British Columbia, Canada, Child

Friend's Interesting Observation

janswrite wrote 2 months ago: A friend of mine who traveled to Canada recently inadvertently learned a telling fact about gun owne … more →

Tags: assault weapons, U S Politics, Conservative Politics

First Post In A While...

seanmpalmer wrote 2 months ago: Crazy, I haven’t posted anything in a very long time.  Has nothing to do with intent.  I swear … more →

Tags: School, Canada, Colorado State, Constitution of Canada, pierre trudeau, Politics, University

Does Linguistic Diversity Matter in Law?

leeakazaki wrote 2 months ago: During a bilingual hearing in the Court of Appeal, an unrepresented party made an objection to the u … more →

Tags: Bar Leadership Skills, Mentorship, blingual, bijural, Minority Languages, Endangered languages

Bayes Theorem, Revisited

David Cheifetz wrote 3 months ago: It won’t surprise some of you that I have an interest in evidence theory. I wrote, recently, o … more →

Tags: Jurisprudence

Congratulations Mr. Justice Russell Brown (Alberta Q. B.)

David Cheifetz wrote 3 months ago: The University of Alberta Faculty of Law’s loss (for now) is the Canadian judicial system … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous, News & Administration


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