Who among us hasn't regretted acts done in the heat of passion? This month’s post explores the partial criminal defence of provocation.
Van Breda v. Village Resorts Ltd. | 2012 CarswellOnt 4269 | Supreme Court of Canada
The court is asked to intervene in an internecine struggle that could, if alive, provide Shakespeare with inspiration for a new tragedy and interesting commentary from Machiavelli.
The post provides an update on Indian Residential School class action Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General).
This post summarizes a BC Supreme Court case which dealt with whether email from the defendant was an admission of liability for the purposes of the limitation period.
This post discusses a recent Ontario Court of Justice case in which the Court ruled that the Crown must justify keeping defendants in handcuffs in the prisoner's dock.
Recent case provides a primer on rescinding child support arrears and Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act default orders.
This post summarizes a recent Tax Court of Canada case in which the Court had to examine whether certain affidavits were admissible hearsay.
Bear v. Thompson | 2014 CarswellSask 683 | Klebuc J.A.
I know that [defence consel]'s brilliant, lofty and engaging argument deserves better treatment by me.
This post by the editor of the Index to Canadian Legal Literature describes a number of new types of material now included in the Index.
This post summarizes a recent BC Supreme Court case which addressed whether a school was contributorily negligent for a tort committed by a student.