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1 month ago | 
slaw.ca | Erica Green |Tania Perlin |Judith Gaskell |Heather Suttie
One Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe. It’s a summary of all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from January 1 – March 5, 2025 inclusive. AppealAboriginal Law: Abuse of Power; Standard of Review; Duty to ConsultSaskatchewan (Environment) v.
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1 month ago | 
slaw.ca | Tania Perlin |Judith Gaskell |Heather Suttie |Noel Semple
Each month, we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For this past month, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:1. Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2025 ONSC 952[4] The plaintiff was terminated “without cause” on May 24, 2023.
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1 month ago | 
slaw.ca | Tania Perlin |Judith Gaskell |Heather Suttie |Noel Semple
Seeing the title of this article, you may all think that maybe I am made a mistake regarding the topic. However, please let me assure you that this is not a mistake and with your indulgence, I will explain.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
slaw.ca | Melanie Neufeld |Robert McKay |Heather Suttie |Tania Perlin
Several of my posts this year have focused on the importance of plain language for our profession. Good, clear communication is a vital component of client management as it helps us better understand our client’s needs and enable the client to make informed decisions. On the other hand, poor communication is a leading cause of professional liability claims against lawyers. Understanding who your audience is and ‘stepping into their shoes’ is a key.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
slaw.ca | Robert McKay |Heather Suttie |Tania Perlin |Judith Gaskell
INTRODUCTIONIn the midst of writing this post yesterday, January 6th, I thought back to that day in 2021 when Donald Trump attempted a coup in the United States to seize the presidency despite having lost the 2020 election. This year’s certification of the 2024 election involved no such threat to democracy only because Trump won the election. But it may be because I have the concept of “coup” on my mind that I am tempted to describe West Whitby Landowners Group Inc. v. Elexicon Energy Inc. (Ont.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
slaw.ca | Robert McKay |Heather Suttie |Tania Perlin |Judith Gaskell
Whether or not there is truth in the rumours that upstart, Harvey, has been keen to acquire the much-admired vLex, it was interesting to read the analysis by Isha Marathe, of Legaltech News, on the topic, as reported via legal market heroes, House of Butter. The HoB report concludes, “If Harvey wants to make true on the third item in its tech offerings—workflow automation; an AI assistant, and legal research—it’s going to have to find the data.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
slaw.ca | Tania Perlin
Hello my friends. Recently I went to a health food store and needed some advice about a particular product. The salesperson was very kind and was able to help me in making a decision. During our conversation, we somehow got on the topic of post pandemic mental health. She said that after Covid lockdowns were finished, most people went back to “normal”, but no one is really feeling like their pre-pandemic selves.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Ian MacKenzie |Robert McKay |Susannah Tredwell |Tania Perlin
The Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) has issued ethical guidelines for judges on the use of social media. These guidelines could be a useful template for updating or expanding codes of ethics for tribunal members. In this column I identify some of the key parts of the guidelines as well as some of the shortcomings.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Robert McKay |Susannah Tredwell |Tania Perlin |Kerri Salata
The Canadian Foundation for Legal Research has announced its award for the 2023 Walter Owen Book Prize to Modern Criminal Evidence (Toronto, Emond Publishing) for exceptional legal scholarship in Canada. The Walter Owen Book Prize honours its namesake (1904–1981) who privately practised law for 40 years; served as President of the Canadian Bar Association; and in 1959, became the Foundation’s first President.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Robert McKay |Susannah Tredwell |Tania Perlin |Kerri Salata
From the reassuring distance of not relying significantly on the professional information industry to pay my creditors, I can permit myself to comment, on or off message at whim, on the requirement, for some others, to remain on it, and always promote the party line. The obvious result, if this is the case, is that much of what we read and hear is likely to be public relations nonsense, and even lies.
