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Recent Ontario case which confirms that Indigenous people are not exempt from provincial laws of general application.

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Andrew Peller Ltd. v. Minister of National Revenue | 2015 CarswellNat 7166 | Tax Court of Canada [Employment Insurance]

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Legal Wit — Protesting Too Much

The Defendants submit that in not permitting transcription of the Reasons for Decision for the summary judgment motion, Justice Wright committed a breach of natural justice because the parties have a fundamental right to have access to the Reasons for Decision.

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Bill C-119 provides for enhanced protection of personal health information, the electronic health record, and new penalties and enforcement provisions.

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Recent summary judgment which set aside a separation agreement for unconscionability and essential unfairness.

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Federal Court of Appeal case which found that when a claimant has been found inadmissible for security reasons, no discretion to determine refugee eligibility.

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Phrase of the Week - Use A Hand-Held Cellular Telephone

R. v. Ikede | 2015 CarswellNS 879 | Nova Scotia Supreme Court

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Legal Wit — The Judicial Chorus

If [the defendant] thinks he can wave away Meads v.

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British Columbia case in which the appellant raised a ground of appeal that had not been argued at trial.

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An employer was bound to an offer letter sent by email, and not by the employment agreement sent two days later and which included a provision limiting notice to the statutory minimum, and thus the employee was entitled to the common law notice period.

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Phrase of the Week - Voluntary Waste

CIBC Mortgages Inc. v. Fasami | 2015 CarswellAlta 784 | Alberta Court of Queen's Bench

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Legal Wit — Designer Criminals

[A friend] and [the defendant] and a few of their friends were often to be found in some of Toronto's most posh neighbourhoods.

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