Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in April.
Civil Litigation
Disability Insurance vs Instagram
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
Condominium Law
New and Improved Forms to Call Condo Meetings
– Rodrigue Escayola, Condo Adviser
Improving the New Prescribed Proxy Form
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Condominium Not Liable for Assault at Board Meeting
– Jessica Weick, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Applying an Owner’s Payments to the Earliest Arrears
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Corporate Commercial Law
Seeing Through Shell Corporations: The Court of Appeal Addresses Complex Fraud Cases
– Alexander Bissonnette, Mann Lawyers
Criminal Law
The Digital Era In Our Criminal Justice System
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
The Perils Of Bill C-75 (Or: Why We Should Care About Criminal Justice Policy)
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
April 2018 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
Harm Without Physical Contact
– Louise Tansey, Mack’s Criminal Law
Expecting Privacy?
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
Investigating Our Research Habits And Tools: Poll #1
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
Time for the Law Society to Turn Its Principles into Action
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Employment & Labour Law
Ontario court overturns just cause dismissal and awards over $97,000 in damages
– Paul Willetts, Vey Willetts LLP
Punitive Damages Awarded for Failure to Conduct Harassment Investigation
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Termination of Employment Does Not Terminate Ability to Apply for LTD Benefits
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Family Law
“Habitual residence”: SCC revamps Hague Convention analysis with hybrid approach
– Jeff Beedell & Shawn Duguay, Gowling WLG
Revenge Porn Update
– Natasha Chettiar, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
The Right to One’s Image – Privacy Laws in Quebec
– Stéphane Sérafin, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Indigenous Law
Construction Licensing: Does it apply in Indigenous Communities?
– Stéphane Sérafin, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
IP & Copyright Law
Post-grant patent validity challenges in Canada and the UK
– Michael Crichton & Ailsa Carter, Gowling WLG
Regulatory Law
Cannabis advertising in Canada: What we know right now
– Megan Martins, 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!