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Streeper Contracting Ltd. v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia (2013) | 2013 CarswellBC 545 | Fenlon J.

"[T]o abandon the path of principle and to determine admissibility on the basis of an imaginary set of circumstances."

"[S]ome Alice-in-Wonderland country of benign banking practices with which I am unfamiliar."

Sobeys Inc. v. UFCW-Can, Local 175 | 2013 CarswellOnt 2003 | Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Judgment: February 26, 2013

Gill v. Treasury Board (Department of National Defence) | 2013 CarswellNat 493 | William H. Kydd

R. v. Legrande | 2013 CarswellAlta 113 | Alberta Court of Queen's Bench | Judgment: January 14, 2013

"[I]t would be at least counterintuitive for a “base” or “pedestal” to be more prominent than what it is supporting."

"Anyway, it can forcefully be argued that judgments of the Court of Appeal are like a good wine and improve with age."

The duty to consult is a critical issue in the law governing the relationship between the Crown and Aboriginal peoples in Canada. This month's excerpt is an explanation of this important topic from the newly published Aboriginal Law title of the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest.

MacPherson Estate v. Clarica Life Insurance Co. | 2013 CarswellNB 144 | New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench | Judgment: March 26, 2013

"The parties to these proceedings are either unaware of that classic novel's lesson or unenlightened by it."

Martin v. Canada (Attorney General) | 2013 CarswellNat 90 | Federal Court of Appeal | Judgment: January 24, 2013