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Ferguson v. Ferguson | 1878 CarswellOnt 246 | S.C.C. | June 4, 1878

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The Rule Against Perpetuities is a notoriously difficult area of law–able to confound even the sharpest legal minds. The C.E.D. provides a clear and concise explanation of this topic, deftly illuminating the logic behind the Rule. Behold!

D'Souza v. Linton | 2013 CarswellOnt 282 | Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Judgment: January 7, 2013

Casses v. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. | 2013 CarswellBC 1094 | British Columbia Court of Appeal | Judgment: May 1, 2013

[a] long, difficult and often bloody struggle between the Crown and Parliament culminated in the victory of the Parliamentarians in the so-called “Glorious Revolution”

Rodriguez Hernandez v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) | 2012 CarswellNat 4784 | Federal Court | Judgment: December 4, 2012

In other words, these groups or individuals seek to avoid income tax obligations without any proper legal foundation.

Trynchy v. Gabriel | 2012 CarswellAlta 2022 | Alberta Court of Queen's Bench | Judgment: November 2, 2012

Emotion is an "instinctive ... feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge" and is therefore subjective

Caligula, who directed an important notice be written in a small hand and posted in a dark corner of Rome so it really came to no one’s attention.

Human Rights is a rich and complex area of law within Canadian jurisprudence. One distinguishing feature of human rights legislation is its “quasi-constitutional” status, which is associated with special rules of statutory interpretation. This post provides a concise summary of those rules, as well as a discussion of constitutional aspects of human rights law, and the burden of proof on human rights claimants.