‘Sentencing Stereotypes’? Racism in the Legal Profession in LSUC v McSween
In our first year torts class, our professor told us that those people who came to law school thinking that they were going to change the world had come to...
Author: Marina Chernenko
Intrusion on Seclusion in Jones v Tsige: The Role of Courts, the Value of Privacy, and the Difficulty of Erecting Fences
For over a century, common law courts have grappled with the question of whether or not to recognize a cause of action in tort for invasion of privacy. In 1937,...
British Columbia (Ministry of Education) v Moore: Comparing Approaches to Comparator Groups in the Context of Anti-Discrimination Legislation
In many ways, to ask a question is to answer it. That is to say, by framing a problem in one way instead of another, an adjudicator sets out on...
When Tax Avoidance is Abusive: Elucidating the “Spirit” of the Income Tax Act in Copthorne Holdings Ltd v Canada
When deciding cases relating to tax planning – or the minimization of a taxpayer’s tax burden – judges face the daunting task of reconciling a tension between longstanding common law...
