Jeffrey Preszler -- Home safe home: The legal side of property injuries law360.ca/ca/personalinj… '...recognizing and rectifying risks around the home can help prevent serious injury and minimize the potential of a liability claim.'

Frank Portman: B.C. Supreme Court confirms employer’s circumstances not relevant to wrongful dismissal claim law360.ca/ca/articles/18… 'The Fanzone decision is particularly important for high-level executives, who often bear the brunt of an employer’s poor performance.'

Sara Blake:
The honesty and integrity of an applicant for a licence law360.ca/ca/articles/18… 'Every tribunal adjudicator, on appointment, should receive basic training on how to interpret the common statutory provisions that must be applied to the cases that it hears.'

Suzanne Zaccour -- Silencing the abused: How parental alienation accusations penalize victims law360.ca/ca/family/arti… '...the alienation rhetoric may occasionally help a victim who argues 'alienation' instead of family violence. But at what cost?'

Cris Best: Review of COVID benefits and procedural fairness law360.ca/ca/tax/article… 'During the second CRA review, the taxpayer provided additional oral and documentary evidence .... However, the benefits were denied for an alternative reason.'

Parental alienation: The one-size-fits-none theory by Suzanne Zaccour
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#SCC has ruled 6-1 that the military status of military judges does not violate the constitutional guarantee of judicial independence to which persons tried before courts martial are entitled: R. v. Edwards, 2024 SCC 15.

#SCC to hear appeals on Charter mobility rights and mandatory minimum penalties for child pornography
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Suzanne Zaccour -- Parental alienation: The one-size-fits-none theory law360.ca/ca/family/arti… ''What if' scenarios are a common refrain, but these one-sentence questions are not answerable.'

McGill law profs strike
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Imran Kamal: Twenty years since Haida: Where we have come and where we are going law360.ca/ca/civillitiga… 'The Supreme Court stated in Haida that the Crown’s duty to consult and accommodate Indigenous peoples is based on the fundamental principle of the honour of the Crown...'

Elias Zafiridis and Michelle Kosarnia: Tax tips for Canadian entrepreneurs and startup companies law360.ca/ca/tax/article… 'Strategic tax planning plays a pivotal role in the success of any startup operating in Canada'.

Victoria Edwards: Ordinary costs awarded against self-represented appellant who alleged fraud without evidence law360.ca/ca/personalinj… 'The Court of Appeal declined to award special costs because the appellant was self-represented and did not understand the court process.'

McGill law profs warn university of impending strike
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Excluding ‘managers’ from collective bargaining doesn’t infringe Charter’s s. 2(d) guarantee: SCC
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Georgialee Lang: Appeal allowed due to trial judge’s incorrect evidentiary rulings, failure to help self-represented litigant law360.ca/ca/family/arti… 'This decision...ought to be required reading for law students in Canada.'

#SCC rules 7-0 excluding association of first-line casino managers from certification & other worker protections in Que. Labour Code does not infringe Charter right of freedom of association: Société des casinos du Qué. inc. v. Assoc. des cadres de la Société des casinos du Qué.

Jean-Guillaume Shooner, Candace Cerone, Antonin Lapointe: Trade tribunal reverses border services agency’s imposition of anti-dumping duties law360.ca/ca/tax/article… '...the CITT concluded that...sugar...that was imported into Canada should not be subject to anti-dumping duties'

AJ Jakubowska: Signing on to Gary Joseph’s plea law360.ca/ca/family/arti… 'Advocating for our clients with zeal cannot, and does not have to, involve doing harm in the process.'