Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in August.
Civil Litigation
Insurers can still face liability after conviction for driving without insurance
– Mitch Kitagawa and Sarah Reich, Kelly Santini LLP
Discoverability and Due Diligence Require more than an Expert Report to Extend the Limitation Period
– Mitch Kitagawa and Chantel Helwer, Kelly Santini LLP
Accident Benefits Disputes Require Notification to the Other Insurer and the Claimant Within 90 days
– Mitch Kitagawa, Kelly Santini LLP
Damages Can Vary Widely for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
Court Splits Trial of $20 Million Boating Accident Claim in the “Interests of Justice”
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
Condominium Law
Condo Authority of Ontario – Services, Fees and Implementation
– Kelli-Anne Day, Merovitz Potechin LLP
Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 396 v Burdet, 2016 ONCA 394
– Merovitz Potechin LLP
Condominium Authority of Ontario: Monthly Fees and Dispute Resolution Fees Confirmed
– Kristen Bailey, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
SURVEY: Should Marijuana be Allowed in Condos?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Strict Deadlines to Register Condo Liens when Collecting on Judgments
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Electric Cars and Charging Stations in Condominiums
– Cheryll Wood, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Criminal Law
Justice By Popular Opinion
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Defining Hate Crimes In Canada
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
July & August 2017 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
No Discretion To Circumvent
– Louise Tansey, Mack’s Criminal Law
Employment & Labour Law
Supreme Court Upholds Termination for Violation of Anti-Drug Policy
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Vey Willetts Launches Ottawa Severance Pay Calculator
– Paul Willetts, Vey Willetts LLP
Everyone Deserves a Second Chance, But How Much Tolerance is Too Much? Part II – Employees
– Rick Norian, Maclaren Corlett
Protecting Employees from Third-Party Harassment
– Andrew Vey, Vey Willetts LLP
Ontario’s Top Court Confirms that Employees May Sometimes be Required to Attend Medical Examination by Doctor of Employer’s Choosing
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Entitlement to Bereavement Leave in Ontario
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Ottawa Judge Rules that Severance Offers Should Not be Pleaded
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
You Can’t Take It With You: Good Faith and Fiduciary Duties of Departing Employees
– James Cameron, Raven Law
Notice Periods for Short-term Employees Who Are Terminated
– Jean-Francois Lalonde, Vice & Hunter LLP
Family Law
Caught in the Middle – Children’s Voices in Disputes About Parenting
– Kathleen Wright, Mann Lawyers
Indigenous Law
Delegating the Duty, Minimising Responsibility?
– Stéphane Sérafin, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
IP & Copyright Law
Mixed-Up Confusion: U-Haul and U Box It
– Paul Taylor-Sussex, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Recent SCC decisions reflect significant changes to Canadian IP law
– Adam M. Tracey, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Canada’s patented medicines regime: Trending upward and onward
– Marc Crandall, Gowling WLG
Copyright Consternation & Confusion on Canadian Campuses as York Cogitates its Appeal
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Access Copyright’s Costs Motion Material Makes for Interesting Reading
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
My Current Personal Inputs re NAFTA Renegotiations Set to Start August 16, 2017
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Practice Management
Diversonomics | Season 2 Episode 1 – Coming attractions: A sneak peek at season 2 of Diversonomics
– Roberto Aburto and Sarah Willis, Gowling WLG
Legal Demand 3.0
– Jordan Furlong, Law21
Marketing Law
Health Canada Believes Youth Need More Protection From Food Ads Than Sex, Cars Or Guns
– Mary G. Griffith, Maclaren Corlett LLP
Municipal Law
LRTs in Ottawa and Hamilton Expropriations Are Under Way
– Roberto Aburto, John S. Doherty, and Jonathan Minnes, Gowling WLG
Wills & Estates Law
Hickory Dickory Debt: The Importance of Proper Estate Planning
– Matthew Drover, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
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