Ottawa Blog Roll: April 2016

Below are links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community through the first half of April.

Civil Litigation

It’s time to open the civil litigation door for sexual assault victims
– Sherif Rizk, Codified Law Blog

It’s Official: Distracted Driving Is Just As Dangerous As Impaired Driving
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Could “Hot Tubbing” Bring Fairness to Personal Injury Claims in both Tort and Accident Benefits?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Changes ahead for Accident Benefits Dispute Resolution
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Compensation from one, several or all
– David Hollingsworth, The Lawyers Weekly

Occupiers’ Liability for Unmarked Hazards
– Danesh Rana, Burke-Robertson LLP

Corporate Law

USAs and Corporate Law: Letting Friends Stay Friends
– Gordon B. Greenwood, Maclaren Corlett LLP

Crowdfunding those benjamins!
– André Martin, Mann Lawyers

Criminal Law

Tasked with change: finding solutions to the Ottawa jail
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

March Criminal Law Round-up
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

My Brain Made Me Do It: Neuroscience & Criminal Law
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

Constitutional Jurisdiction – Confirmed
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law

Realistically Dangerous
– Louise Tansey, Mack’s Criminal Law

Some Is All You Need
– Louise Tansey, Mack’s Criminal Law

Marijuana production conviction for selling gardening supplies in Ontario?
– Brett McGarry, McGarry Law

Private Member’s Bills: Torture Abhors a Vacuum
– Michael Spratt

Justice Lauzon calls out the bail system
– Miriam Martin, Avant Law LLP

Employment & Labour Law

Uber and the Sharing Model – An Update
– Alison McEwen, The Workplace Matters

Diverse Workforces are an Important Key to Success
– Karine Dion, The Workplace Matters

Why Restaurants Need to Get Rid of Sexist Workplace Uniform Policies
– Alison McEwen, The Workplace Matters

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Ottawa Blog Roll: March 2016

Below are links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community through the first half of March.

Civil Litigation

Primer on Fraudulent Conveyance Claims
– Owen Bourns, Ottawa Litigation

From FSCO to the LAT: Procedural Changes to Accident Benefits Disputes
– Najma Rashid, OTLA Blog

BC and Ontario Are Cracking Down on Insurance Fraud – But At What Cost?
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Solving Ontario’s Auto Insurance IME Problem
– Frank Van Dyke, Van Dyke Injury Law Blog

Constitutional Law

Allard Et Al V. Canada Federal Court Decision Favours Patient’s Rights And LPs
– Koby Smutylo, Smutylo Law+

Criminal Law

Fixing our Broken Bail System
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

Believing Complainants & Reasonable Doubt
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

February Criminal Law Round-up
– Anne-Marie McElroy, McElroy Law

Text me, will ya? Cell Phones, Search Warrants and Privacy in the Digital Forum
– Reem Zaia, Codified

Ontario DUI dismissed due to mistreatment in police custody
– Brett McGarry, McGarry Law

The Plight of the Accused: David vs Goliath
– Michael Spratt

Think Making a Murderer Can’t Happen in Canada? Think Again
– Michael Spratt

Sexual Assaults Are Acts Of Power, Aggression And Control
– Sarah Sullivan, Mack’s Criminal Law

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