Miscellaneous

The Watercooler: August 2008

Posted on September 01, 2008
The days are getting shorter. The leaves are starting to turn colour. Slowly, but surely sweater weather is upon us....

Style & Error: Buy less, but buy better

Posted on August 28, 2008
The hot topic these days, it seems, is the effect of the credit crunch on shopping choices this season. The...

Wednesday Roundup: Itchy feet

Posted on August 26, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Party Pics: Schlifer Clinic Fundraiser

Posted on June 15, 2008
Members of the legal community got together last week for a good cause: the annual fundraiser (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=290 Itemid=91)...

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Million-dollar nap no grounds for appeal

Posted on June 12, 2008
If the judge falls asleep during your trial, call them on it right away. That's the message that the Ontario...

Lawyers tell the Globe about their first time

Posted on June 10, 2008
Kirk Makin writes in this morning's Globe and Mail about what it's like to appear before the Supreme Court of...

Gay marriage celebrates 5-year anniversary

Posted on June 10, 2008
It was five years ago today that Martha McCarthy was at the Ontario Court of Appeal arguing for the legalization...

Bernardo interview to go online

Posted on June 10, 2008
Paul Bernardo’s jailhouse interview with police, in which he is asked if he killed Elizabeth Bain, is going to be...

Short Cellar: In Beamsville, small is beautiful

Posted on June 10, 2008
The latest Precedent hit the streets last week, and inside you'll find my love letter to the wineries in Beamsville,...

Wednesday Roundup: BCE battle

Posted on June 10, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Update: Toronto's Mundiavocat team climbs the ranks

Posted on June 09, 2008
In our Summer 2008 issue (index.php?option=com_content task=blogsection id=8 Itemid=100), Precedent wrote about (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=297 Itemid=100) Toronto's Mundiavocat...

That's Edutainment! Sandra Day O'Connor launching video game

Posted on June 09, 2008
Today we ran across this write-up on the New York Times' 'Bits' blog (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/sandra-day-oconnors-plan-for-joystick-justice/), about an online video game partly...

Cassels students gone wild!

Posted on June 04, 2008
We've just learned of a new blog written by four enterprising students (http://casselsbrockandblogwell.blogspot.com/) working this summer at Cassels Brock...

Hot new issue of Precedent!

Posted on June 04, 2008
The Summer 2008 issue of Precedent arrives tomorrow! Here's a peek at what you'll find inside (and for those Ontario...

Tim's Toonie Tip Tussle Tossed

Posted on June 03, 2008
This is just a quick update on the result of a lawsuit we told you about recently (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=278...

Wednesday Roundup: Hollinger could sue Torys

Posted on June 03, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Coming Attractions: Tantalizing tidbits from the next issue

Posted on June 02, 2008
Precedent's Summer 2008 issue is in the mail! Watch for our cover story on Canada's most political law firm...

Did LSUC Paralegal Regulation kill XCopper?

Posted on June 02, 2008
Word came in today that XCopper Services Inc. (http://www.xcopper.com/), the paralegal firm largely made up of ex-police officers who represent...

UOttawa Law students put Privacy Commish on Facebook's case

Posted on June 02, 2008
Four University of Ottawa law students have filed a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (http://www.privcom.gc.ca/index_e.asp)...

Short Cellar: Know When to Hold 'em

Posted on June 02, 2008
A couple times a month I play poker with some friends of mine – three civil litagators, two prosecutors and...

Party for a cause: Barbra Schlifer Clinic Fundraiser

Posted on June 02, 2008
A party invitation crossed our desk recently that we thought was worth sharing: the annual fundraiser for the Barbra Shlifer...

Judicial Council wants judge removed

Posted on June 01, 2008
Ontario Superior Court Judge Ted Matlow's professional future looks bleak after an inquiry panel of the Canadian Judicial Council unanimously...

The Watercooler: May 2008

Posted on June 01, 2008
Wow - what a month! April showers didn’t simply translate into May flowers. Instead, the world gasped in horror...

Judges, Attorney General arm-wrestle over stingy legal aid

Posted on May 29, 2008
Mr. Justice Colin McKinnon of the Ontario Superior Court essentially told the province to shove it this week when he...

Provincial courts evicted from Toronto Old City Hall

Posted on May 29, 2008
Toronto City Council voted this week to kick the provincial courts out of Old City Hall (left) when the province's...

Wednesday Roundup: India

Posted on May 27, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Short Cellar: Kiwi Wine

Posted on May 26, 2008
On May 24th, Vintages released a feature of wines from New Zealand. (http://www.vintages.com/feature/2008newzealand/index.html) Like Canada, New Zealand is still...

Boomers: Can't live with 'em, and they won't f***ing retire

Posted on May 25, 2008
They want everything done their way, on their terms. They're resistant to hard work or long hours. They have a...

Convocation today: new treasurer, keeping women practising

Posted on May 22, 2008
The Law Society of Upper Canada got a new treasurer this morning. We dropped in to check on what was...

What’s up with lawandstyle.ca?

Posted on May 22, 2008
Where’s your Wednesday roundup? And what happened to Matthew’s Short Cellar column (index.php?option=com_content task=blogcategory id=15 Itemid=90) that appears...

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