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Recent decision in which a father was denied damages for non-pathological emotional harm caused by unplanned fatherhood.

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Failure of car's emergency brake not in control of defendant, didn't constitute negligence.

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Weapons

R. v. Adamiec | 2013 CarswellMan 537 | Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench

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Legal Wit — Who Landed the Whale?

The appellant submits that the respondent has been unjustly enriched.

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This post summarizes an employment case in which the employer was held to a unilateral change it had made to the employment contract

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Despite s. 39 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act¸ the Provincial Court of British Columbia imposed a custodial sentence of 16 months on a young offender who harassed women with threats of doxing, or publishing their identifiable personal information on the Internet.

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Word of the Week - Wild

R. v. Spence-Wilkins | 2013 CarswellOnt 19045 | Ontario Court of Justice

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Legal Wit — Breaking Bad Parents

Breaking Bad, meet Breaking Bad Parents.

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Recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in which gifted money placed in a joint account was excluded from net family property.

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R. v. Spence-Wilkins | 2013 CarswellOnt 19045 | Ontario Court of Justice

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Legal Wit — Parallel Universe

Why do written costs submissions frequently try to lead us into some sort of parallel universe where losers are actually winners? If you lost, don't re-write the facts to argue that you won.

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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice approves a key employee retention plan and grants a sealing order, denying a request to disclose the compensation information and terms of individual contracts.

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