Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in January.
Civil Litigation
What Is The Threshold And Who Meets It?
– Edward (Ted) Masters, Mann Lawyers LLP
Reduced Accident Benefits And Insurance Broker Liability
– Edward (Ted) Masters, Mann Lawyers LLP
For WSIB Purposes, is “Intent” to Study Enough to Make You a “Student”?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog
Condominium Law
New Owner Information Certificate
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Condo Learning Opportunities February/March
– Graeme Macpherson, Condo Adviser
New Employment Standards Affecting Condominium Corporations
– Jocelyn Duquette, Condo Adviser
Can Owners Install Clotheslines Under the Green Energy Act?
– David Lu, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
New Regulations for Condominium Managers
– James Davidson, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Proxies and How They May Now be Used for Elections
– Christy Allen, Davidson Houle Allen LLP
Corporate Commercial Law
The Basics of Blockchain and Smart Contracts
– Mark Asfar, Momentum Business Law
Criminal Law
The Theoretical case of R. v. Patrick Brown
– Bryan Delaney, Delaney’s Law Firm
January 2018 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
On Technology And Access To Justice
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
The Presumption of Innocence is for Courtrooms, Not Politics
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Trudeau’s Aga Khan Vacation, Get Ready for Duffy Part 2
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Loblaws Skates on Price-Fixing, Tried to Send Homeless Man to Jail
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
My Predictions for Federal Justice Reform in 2018
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Employment & Labour Law
The Man and the Mini-Horse in the Middle Office – Service Animals in the Workplace
– Colleen Hoey, Mann Lawyers LLP
Court of Appeal Confirms that Silence is Golden
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Employers Can No Longer Require Employees to Wear High Heel Shoes – Except in “Entertainment and Advertising Industry”
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
New Rules for Employers for Public Holidays
– Megan Cornell, Momentum Business Law
Changes to Ontario Employee Personal Emergency Leave, January 2018
– Megan Cornell, Momentum Business Law
Limitation periods and statutory severance pay: an update
– Andrew Vey, Vey Willetts LLP