As Justice Morris Fish announced his retirement from the Supreme Court of Canada effective August 2013 and Justice Louis LeBel will be forced to retire before the 2015 election, if there are no other resignations, Prime Minster Harper will have appointed seven justices in the panel of nine before the end of his term. There […]
Justice – Just a Click Away? Litigating less serious small claims disputes may not require filling out lengthy paperwork or taking time off work to attend a court hearing anymore. The British Columbia Ministry of Justice recently released part two of their White Paper on Justice Reform. They are recommending a simplified and user-friendly court […]
Edgar Schmidt is a senior lawyer with the Department of Justice. That is, he used to be a senior lawyer with the Department of Justice until he was suspended on December 14th, 2012 after suing the Department by alleging that it has been conducting inadequate reviews to ensure proposed legislation complies with the Canadian Charter […]
On the same day that Canada implemented harsher penalties for marijuana possession through the Safe Streets and Communities Act, two U.S. states voted in favour of legalizing the drug. A majority of voters in Washington and Colorado approved initiatives on November 6th, 2012 allowing for personal use and regulation of marijuana for adults 21 and […]
LSUC Approves New Licensing Opportunity On November 22, the Law Society of Upper Canada, which governs the legal profession in Ontario (including the licensing of lawyers), approved a three-year pilot project that will allow candidates to complete an outsourced “Law Practice Program” (LPP) instead of the traditional 10-month articling program.
The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) has suggested implementing measures lifted from anti-tobacco campaigns to battle Canada's obesity epidemic. The multi-pronged approach includes a tax increase on junk food, advertising bans, and perhaps most controversially, the placement of graphic images on the packaging of high calorie foods with low nutritional value such as pop and potato […]
Augusta, Welcome to the 21st Century: Green Jackets, Coming to a Woman Near You Augusta National Golf course, home of the Masters, has finally welcomed women to it's traditional boy's club. Darla Moore, South Carolina financier and Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State will become the first women ever in the club's 80-year history to […]
Disney Caught in the Headscarf Debate Disney characters come in all different genders, ethnicities, cultures, etc. Some live underwater and make friends with sea creatures, while others are friendly sea creatures themselves. Some have bright blonde hair, while others prefer to cover their black hair. It seems unfathomable that anyone would take issue with Aladdin […]
Conscription Conflict: Israel and Tal Law The Haredi Community, an ultra-orthodox sect of Judaism, is the fastest growing community in Israel, and up until Tuesday night, its members were exempt from Israel's mandatory military service. In February of this year, the Israeli Supreme Court (ISC) ruled that Tal law, the law providing for such an exemption […]
Another Tragedy, Another Round of Debates on U.S. Gun Control Laws At TheCourt.ca, we try and cover a diverse range of pertinent legal issues from one week to the next, taking care not to beat the same tired and dying horse. That being said however, whenever an issue keeps cropping up over and over, and […]