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In 1947 that irreverant sage George Bernard Shaw made this observation: To expect an average farmer to be not only a sower and a reaper, but an agricultural chemist, an accountant, a meteorologist, a veterinary expert, a merchant, a financier and a resident housekeeper all united in a single Admirable Crichton is ridiculous; yet this is our practice.

This post explains how to set up a KeyCite Alert in westlaw Canada to automatically monitor citing references.

Summary of an interesting Supreme Court case in which the validity of the federal Child Support Guidelines was challenged in the Federal Court

R. v. British Columbia (Attorney General) | 1923 CarswellNat 3 | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Recent court of appeal decision regarding the variation of spousal support and the foreseeability of material change.

I have reviewed the affidavit of service and I must say that I have grave doubts as to its accuracy.

Reflecting the daily news coverage of bribery and corruption scandals, this month’s post takes a closer look at some of the Criminal Code’s numerous offences relating to corruption, specifically bribery of officials, bribery of officers and frauds on government.

Case comment on Frank v Canada (Attorney General) in which the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld restrictions on non-residents voting in Federal elections

Podolsky v. Cadillac Fairview Corp. | 2013 CarswellOnt 1405 | Ontario Court of Justice

Recent decision in which a disabled spouse’s claim for spousal support based on need was denied by the court.

Can the defence use therapeutic records after the Crown includes them in disclosure by mistake?

I do not regard the length or thickness of the evidentiary and rhetorical record as necessarily revealing much, because a great volume of material may actually indicate that the lawyers spent too little time preparing the matter.