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Highlights from this week's Houlden & Morawetz Insolvency Newsletter

Canada (Attorney General) v. Mowat | 2011 CarswellNat 4191 | LeBel and Cromwell JJ

"Are civil trials the legal equivalent of green eggs and ham?"

Highlights from this Month's Securities Law Newsletter.

"All I am saying is that, in constitutional terms, flowers are on their own."

Family Law Update — Relocating With a Special Needs Child

R. v. Alcantara (2012) | 2012 CarswellAlta 1524 | Greckol J.

"[T]urned up, to use Mr. Coles' terminology, "higher than a kite". Mr. Coles paid him $50 to go away."

Over the past few years, Freemen-on-the-land or “OPCA” (organized pseudolegal commercial argument) litigants have had an increasing presence in the courtroom, performing contemptible acts such as denying the authority of the court, disobeying court orders, disrupting court proceedings and in one instance, attempting to arrest the sitting judge. This post provides a concise explanation of what may merit a finding of contempt of court.

Quiring v. Ontario (Director, Ministry of the Environment) (2013) | 2013 CarswellOnt 583 | Marcia Valiante (Member)

Ultimately this litigation has a certain Alice in Wonderland quality.

R. v. McCall (2011) | 2011 CarswellBC 327 | G.M. Rideout Prov. J.