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British Columbia Court of Appeal holds application of Gladue principles do not mean Aboriginal offenders receive reduced sentence in every case R.

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Ontario Court of Justice | R. v. Balak | 2016 CarswellOnt 967

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Ontario (Energy Board) v. Ontario Power Generation Inc. (2015) 95 Admin. L.R. (5th) 1, [2015] 3 S.C.R. 147, 388 D.L.R. (4th) 540, 338 O.A.C. 1, 475 N.R. 1, 2015 CarswellOnt 14396, 2015 CarswellOnt 14395, 2015 CSC 44, 2015 SCC 44 (S.C.C.) Supreme Court of Canada

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Alberta Court of Queen's Bench decision in which a wife was found to not have made reasonable efforts to become economically self-sufficient.

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Gray v. Rizzi | 2016 CarswellOnt 2663 | Ontario Court of Appeal

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Plaintiff found to have been constructively dismissed when her employer yelled at her to “get out” and said that he did not want to see her “ugly face” again.

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Digest of the Week - Flaws in Notice to Guarantors on Repossession

Applicants invested funds to defendant BF Ltd, allegedly in Ponzi scheme — Alberta Securities Commission issued order freezing BF Ltd.'s bank account in which funds were deposited — BF Ltd. went into receivership — Applicants applied for order that funds in frozen bank account were held in trust for them.

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Word of the Week | Subject to the Rules of Court

Calgary (City) v. Resman Holdings Ltd. (2016), 2016 CarswellAlta 508, 2016 ABCA 81 (Alta. C.A.)

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The Alberta Court of Appeal reviews the rules regarding limitation periods for actions against barristers and solicitors.

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Accused who attended fight with members of Hells Angels found guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter R.

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Word of the Week | Wilful Blindness

R. v. Chang | 2015 CarswellBC 337 | British Columbia Court of Appeal

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Digest of the Week | Fixed-Term Employment Contract

If a fixed-term contract ends early, employee may be entitled to wages they would have been entitled to at the end of the contract.

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