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It seems to me that amendments are like beauty — they depend upon the eye of the beholder as to their beneficial impact.

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Two new research and writing tools have been added to westlaw Canada to help users work more efficiently: a legal research checklist and an annotated memo template.

… a tribunal must be free to follow precedent even when it is not obliged to. It would be mischievous to oblige a tribunal to shut its eyes to its own previous decisions, policies, and interpretations.

This digest highlights a recent Federal Court decision where the Court held that a shortfall in the patent application fee relates to the application and does not invalidate the patent.

Tri Level Claims Consultants Ltd. v. Koliniotis (2005), [2005] O.J. No. 3381, 15 C.P.C. (6th) 241, 257 D.L.R. (4th) 297, 201 O.A.C. 282, 2005 CarswellOnt 3528 (Ont. C.A.) at para. 34 McMurtry C.J.O., Doherty and LaForme JJ.A.

The solicitor client privilege applied to emails on a corporate server even though the corporate policy manual indicated that emails were not guaranteed to be private and even though there was a later change in policy regarding corporate computer use for personal matters.

Empty beer cans in the accused's vehicle gave an air of reality to the possibility that the accused engaged in bolus drinking

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Where an appellant wishes to be relieved of trial-ordered obligations pending appeal, the appellant should bring a stay motion, lest the appellate court refuse to hear the appeal until all outstanding spousal support has been paid.

This digest highlights a Federal Court of Appeal decision where the Court held that where a registered charity is transferring money or other resources to an intermediary, simply having a written agreement will not necessarily evidence that the charity is exercising direction and control over its own resources.

R. v. Curry (2016), 2016 BCSC 1435, 2016 CarswellBC 2152 (B.C. S.C.)