You can find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in the first half of December.
Civil Litigation
Contractor/Sub-Contractor Entitlement to Payment for “Extras”
– Owen Bourns, Ottawa Litigation
Can a pedestrian be liable for being injured in an auto accident?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyers Discuss Host Liability
– David’s Hollingsworth, Ottawa Injury
Social Host Liability: How to Avoid the Naughty List and Ensure Guests Arrive Alive
– Najma Rashid, Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Blog
Court Rules Title Insurance Must Cover Cost After Support Wall Found Missing
– Michael Abrams, StartUp.Buildup.Sellup.
Personal Guarantees
– Caitlin Cardill, Merovitz Potechin
Criminal Law
Zeroing in on Ontario’s New Law: Law, Order, Criminal Records and Reintegrating Into One’s Community
– Reem Zaia, Codified
Employment & Labour Law
“Benefits”: The Most Important Word in Ontario Employment Law
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Top Five Cases of Importance to Ontario Employment Law – 2015
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Being Objectionable at Work: Management Liability for Failure to Investigate Anti-Gay Statements
– Craig J. Stehr, Labour of Law
‘I feel the need…the need for speed!’ – How Fast are Canadian Labour Boards?
– Christopher C. Rootham, Labour of Law
Caught With Its Opinions down: WSIB At Risk of Investigation by Ontario Ombudsman
– Peggy King, Labour of Law
Breaking the law isn’t enough: the ESA-violating clause that was saved by the severability provision
– Alison McEwen, The Workplace Matters
The Office Party: A {Cautionary} Winter’s Tale
– Vey Willetts LLP, Ottawa Employment & Labour Law Blog
Terminated: (Summary) judgment day
– Vey Willetts LLP, First Reference Talks
Family Law
Court gets it right on imputing gifts to husband as income
– Marta Siemiarczuk, The Family Connection
Indigenous Law
The Place of the Métis and Non-status Indians in the Constitution Act – Why does it matter?
– Lanise Hayes, Indigenous Law
Year in Review – 2015
– Alex Keenan, Indigenous Law
IP & Copyright Law
SCC Ruling in CBC v SODRAC: Per Rothstein J.: “I find that licences fixed by the Board do not have mandatory binding force over a user…”
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
A Brief History of the Broadcast Reproduction Right
– Margot Patterson, Entertainment & Media Law Signal
IP Professionals to wait until 2018 for conformity with Nice, Madrid and Singapore
– Adam M. Tracey, IP@Nelligan
Why the Government’s Commitment to “Open by Default” Must Be Bigger Than Open Data
– Michael Geist
Privacy & Security Law
Canada’s role in international botnet takedown
– Margot Patterson, Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
Bill C-44’S First Public Treatment: Yellow Light
– Craig Forcese, National Security Law
Real Estate & Condominium Law
Bill 106 Passes Third Reading
– Nancy Houle, Condo Law News
Condominium Act Reform: Bill 106 has Become Legislation
– Melinda Andrews and Nancy Houle, Condo Law News
Does PIPEDA Apply to Condominiums?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
The New Condo Act Has Been Adopted…. But Is Not in Force Yet
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Ottawa Condominium Ordered To Allow Pay-And-Display Parking
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
The Potential For A New Land Transfer Tax In Ontario: What You Need To Know
– Eli Udell, Merovitz Potechin
Wills & Estates Law
Springing Powers of Attorney
– John D. Peart, Wills and Estates Law Blog
Electronic Assets and Implications for Estate Planning
– John D. Peart, Wills and Estates Law Blog
Did we miss one? Let us know!
This is FANTASTIC!! Thanks for taking the time to compile all of this. Great to have links to all the local blogs of interest.