The Complete Brief
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December 09, 2024
N.B. top court reinstates guilty verdict in impaired driving case
New Brunswick’s High Court has reinstated a man’s impaired driving conviction after it was found the trial judge was right to convict him — despite his rights being violated during talks with police about contacting a lawyer.
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December 09, 2024
New tool aimed at ensuring AI systems comply with human rights law
An Ontario-based law reform organization has partnered with the province’s human rights commission to create a new tool aimed at helping organizations evaluate their artificial intelligence (AI) systems for compliance with human rights requirements.
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December 09, 2024
Judicial appointment announced for Ontario
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment of Gordon J. Cudjoe as a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Brampton, a Dec. 6 news release announced.
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December 09, 2024
Judicial appointment announced for Tax Court
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment of Ryan P. Rabinovitch as a judge of the Tax Court of Canada, a Dec. 6 news release announced.
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December 09, 2024
MARITAL OR FAMILY PROPERTY - Equalization or division - Family property, what constitutes - Considerations for unequal division
Appeal by appellant from the orders made after a family law trial. During the relationship, the parties acquired several properties, including a pre-construction apartment in London ("UK Property"), and a townhouse in Langley, B.C. ("Family Home").
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December 09, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal: Arbitrators are presumed to be impartial
“Arbitration is an important, statutorily sanctioned, mode of dispute resolution. Undergirding its acceptability is the core principle that an arbitrator must be impartial. An arbitrator must not actually be biased, nor can there be a reasonable apprehension that the arbitrator is biased.”
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December 09, 2024
Violence in Ontario families: I smell gasoline | Michael Cochrane
In my previous column, Violence in Ontario families: Something is off, I looked at the astonishing multi-billion-dollar investment Canadian taxpayers are making to deal with the consequences of domestic violence. It is frankly and sadly a growth industry.
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December 09, 2024
Dogs as weapons
In a recently decided case, the Manitoba Court of Appeal upheld a conviction of a woman for assault with a weapon (R. v. Park, 2924 MBCA 93). The weapon was her dog, a six-year-old American pit bull that Park has trained as her pet. The court accepted a victim’s evidence that Park had told the dog to “sic ’em,” and this resulted in bites and injuries to two individuals.
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December 09, 2024
Bill C-26: Passage of critical infrastructure cyber regime complicated by foreign interference
Bill C-26, An Act Respecting cybersecurity , has made ponderous progress through the legislature; having had its first reading in the House of Commons in June 2022, took over two years to reach first reading in the Senate. Along the way, it has been altered to address the newly topically concern of foreign interference in Canadian affairs, and its passage has been further delayed by a silly mistake.
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December 09, 2024
Spa days in the Federal Court
Auberge & Spa Le Nordik Inc (Nordik) is the owner of trademark registrations for THERMËA and THERMËA & Design. The THERMËA trademarks are registered in association with the services relating to the operation of a spa and wellness centre offering saunas, therapeutic baths, whirlpool and cold baths, steam baths, floating baths, relaxing and therapeutic massages; body treatments for face, body and feet and related goods and services (Auberge & Spa Le Nordik Inc. v. Therme Development (Cy) Ltd., [2024] F.C.J. No. 2171).