Pulse
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October 07, 2024
3 new associates join Dickinson Wright in Toronto
Dickinson Wright LLP recently announced the addition of Sabrina Fracassi, Talya Bertler and Zachary Cooper as associates in the firm’s Toronto offices.
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October 07, 2024
An Innocence Canada humble brag | Ron Dalton
Last Wednesday, Oct. 2, some 300 friends and supporters of Innocence Canada and the International Wrongful Conviction Day Committee gathered at the Ontario Bar Association facility in Toronto to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Wrongful Conviction Day.
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October 07, 2024
A tale of two law firms | Murray Gottheil
Let me tell you about two law firms.
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October 04, 2024
SCC affirms air passenger compensation regs are valid; expert int’l law evidence can be admissible
In an important judgment on evidence and air passenger rights, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 9-0 that judges have the discretion to admit expert evidence on international law so long as the threshold admissibility criteria in R. v. Mohan, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9, are met.
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October 04, 2024
Cops guilty of foul play? | Marcel Strigberger
Why did the chicken cross the road? Obviously to nab motorists who were not yielding the right of way to pedestrians.
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October 04, 2024
Adverse costs awards: Class counsel’s duty to indemnify proposed representative plaintiff
In Davidson v. T.E.S. Contract Services Inc., 2024 ONSC 4362, Justice Benjamin Glustein from the Superior Court of Justice sheds light on class counsel’s duty to indemnify a proposed representative plaintiff against adverse costs awards.
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October 04, 2024
Judicial appointment announced for NWT
R.J. Simpson, minister of justice, announced the appointment of Jeannie Scott to the position of chief judge of the Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories, an Oct. 1 news release announced.
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October 04, 2024
Dentons appoints new office managing partner
Dentons Canada recently announced the addition of Chase Irwin as the new office managing partner in the firm’s Ottawa office, according to a news release from the firm. Irwin succeeds David P. Little, who held the role since 2013.
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October 04, 2024
Section 8 of the Charter is equipped to address technological advancements | Sana Sajid
Our understanding of privacy and its protection has evolved significantly. Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees that “everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.” As “supreme law,” Charter privacy protections must address legal frameworks regulating technological advancements.
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October 04, 2024
Time thieves: The clients you remember, part three | Harjot Atwal
“Time is money, and if someone is wasting your time, they are stealing from you.” — Kris Degioia