The Tipping Point: Regulation of Toronto’s Airbnb Market
Launched in 2008, Airbnb began as a simple platform with a few hundred users that offered alternative short-term rentals to travellers. Today, Airbnb has an estimated value of $31 billion...
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Canada and Corporate Social Responsibility
The idea of who directors and officers owe a fiduciary duty to has been debated for quite some time, both in the courts and within academia. Although this discussion has...
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Employment Law Changes on Severability? Interview of counsel in upcoming ONCA ruling
The contentious issue of severability clauses within the realm of employment law rears its head again in North v Metaswitch Networks Corporation, (Superior Court File # CV-16-2485-00, Ontario Court of...
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The Shafia Case and Unwelcome Changes to The Palmer Test
To set the stage for this post on R v Shafia 2016 ONCA 812 (presently on leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)), I turn to the...
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Canada’s Longest Recent Sentences and the Questions and Controversies of Consecutive Life Sentences
On February 17, 2017, Justice Gates of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench handed down what is being referred to as the “harshest” sentence in recent Canadian history, tied with...
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Involuntary Parenthood: The ONCA teaches an appellant about the birds and the bees
Budding Romance Justice Paul Rouleau has likely seen it all in his illustrious career—however, his ruling in the matter of PP v DD, 2017 ONCA 180 will surely stand out...
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Challenges to Site C By First Nations Dismissed by the FCA and BCCA
On January 23rd and February 2nd 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) and British Columbia Court of Appeal (“BCCA”) respectively rendered judgment on applications for judicial review brought by...
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R v Bingley: Drugs, Discretion, and Deference
In 1994, Justice Sopinka warned against the dangers of expert evidence distorting the fact-finding process: “Dressed up in scientific language which the jury does not easily understand and submitted through...
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Nelson (City) v Mowatt : Don’t Apply the Inconsistent Use Doctrine in BC (and Don’t Meddle with the Trial Judge)
In Nelson (City) v Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8 [Mowatt], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) recently found that the British Columbia Court of Appeal (“BCCA”) erred when it interfered with...
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Can Government Officials Rely on their Own Officially Induced Errors?
Can government officials rely on their own officially induced errors? The answer is no and for good reason. This topic was recently addressed by the Supreme Court in the case...
The Tipping Point: Regulation of Toronto’s Airbnb Market
Launched in 2008, Airbnb began as a simple platform with a few hundred users that offered alternative short-term rentals to travellers. Today, Airbnb has an estimated value of $31 billion...
Canada and Corporate Social Responsibility
The idea of who directors and officers owe a fiduciary duty to has been debated for quite some time, both in the courts and within academia. Although this discussion has...
Employment Law Changes on Severability? Interview of counsel in upcoming ONCA ruling
The contentious issue of severability clauses within the realm of employment law rears its head again in North v Metaswitch Networks Corporation, (Superior Court File # CV-16-2485-00, Ontario Court of...
The Shafia Case and Unwelcome Changes to The Palmer Test
To set the stage for this post on R v Shafia 2016 ONCA 812 (presently on leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)), I turn to the...
Canada’s Longest Recent Sentences and the Questions and Controversies of Consecutive Life Sentences
On February 17, 2017, Justice Gates of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench handed down what is being referred to as the “harshest” sentence in recent Canadian history, tied with...
Involuntary Parenthood: The ONCA teaches an appellant about the birds and the bees
Budding Romance Justice Paul Rouleau has likely seen it all in his illustrious career—however, his ruling in the matter of PP v DD, 2017 ONCA 180 will surely stand out...
