Huge congratulations to Sean Bawden and Woods LaFortune LLP for carrying the Ottawa torch as Clawbie Winners this year! Well deserved!!
Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in December.
Civil Litigation
Adjudication coming to a construction project near you – lessons learned from the english experience
– Louis-Pierre Grégoire & Patrick Lavoie, Gowling WLG
Appeal Court orders rehearing on coverage for workplace accident
– Stephanie Doucet, Gowling WLG
Employer vs. Employee – Who Was Telling the Truth in Workers’ Compensation Claim?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
CPP Benefit Claims – Does Choosing Your Own Doctor Affect Your Success?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
Condominium Law
Information Certificate Updates
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
A Condo Year in Review – Our Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2017
– Jocelyn Duquette, Condo Adviser
AGM Notice Calculator
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
Things to watch for in 2018
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Corporate Commercial Law
“Summary Judgment and Evidence of ‘Material Change’ – Hepburn v AlarmForce”
– Merovitz Potechin LLP
Criminal Law
December 2017 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Top Criminal Cases Of 2017
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Digital Evidence: A Book Review
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Let’s Talk About Mental Health
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Employment & Labour Law
$750,000 in moral and punitive damages awarded to employee left to “twist in the wind”
– Andrew Vey, Vey Willetts LLP
Higher wages, more vacation, more protected leave – what’s not to like?
– Colleen Hoey, Mann Lawyers
The Legality of Taking Away Paid Breaks and Benefits
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Top Five Cases of Importance to Ontario Employment Law – 2017 Edition
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Workers Now Eligible for WSIB Benefits for Chronic Mental Stress and Workplace Harassment
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Enhanced Vacation Entitlements After Five Years – What Counts as Five Years?
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Ontario Court Allows Random Drug Testing to Continue Pending Labour Grievance
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Bill 148 and Changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
The Statutory Right to Paid Sick Leave and What Constitutes “Evidence Reasonable in the Circumstances”
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Family Law
Motions to Change: Custody and Access Cases
– Drew Kelsall, Fresh Legal
Motions to Change: Spousal Support Cases
– Drew Kelsall, Fresh Legal
IP & Copyright Law
Swift’s legal team battles accusations of plagiarism
– Adam M. Tracey, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Ottawa resident wins Right to Privacy case based on video clip
– Adam M. Tracey, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Canadian patent law: 2017 year in review
– Alex Gloor & Michael Crichton, Gowling WLG
The skinny on skinny labels
– Jennifer L. Wilkie & Alexander Camenzind, Gowling WLG
The Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions Inc. decision
– Robert A. MacDonald, Gowling WLG
Municipal Law
A Lack of Transparency at Jim Watson’s City Hall
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Expropriation and Compensation When Land is Taken
– Greg Meeds, Vice & Hunter LLP
Practice Management
Break the law firm business model
– Jordan Furlong, Law21
The best of Dispatch 2017
– Jordan Furlong, Law21
Privacy & Security Law
CASL: A Call for Clarity
– Margot Patterson, Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
A Warrant for All Seasons: Four New Charter Section 8 Cases
– National Security Law, Craig Forcese
Updated: A listener’s guide to C-59
– National Security Law, Craig Forcese
Regulatory Law
The evolving self-care framework: A work in progress and the questions it raises
– Lewis Retik & Jon-Paul Powers, Gowling WLG
What are novel foods and when can they be used?
– Katrina Coughlin & Megan Martins, Gowling WLG
Supreme Court of Canada
2017: The SCC year in review
– D. Lynne Watt, Gowling WLG
We include highlights of recent posts and articles from Ottawa-area blogs that are of substantive value to the legal community. Did we miss one? Let us know!