Friday, October 20, 2017 @ 11:18 AM
In a bid to cope with an “access to justice crisis,” a task team in Saskatchewan is exploring the option of using regulated paralegals as a way of expanding the roles of non-lawyers in that province, says a Saskatoon scholar. ... [read more]
Friday, October 20, 2017 @ 9:18 AM
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled an employee is entitled to receive severance pay based on common law in lieu of reasonable notice in a decision, counsel says, is instructive to both employers and employees on termination provisions. ... [read more]
Thursday, October 19, 2017 @ 12:57 PM
Last Updated: Thursday, October 19, 2017 @ 5:10 PM
In a judgment welcomed by immigration lawyers, but called “disappointing” on the administrative law front, the Supreme Court has ruled that permanent residents sentenced in Canada to conditional sentences cannot be deported for “serious criminality” under s. 36(1)(a) the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). ... [read more]
Intellectual Property
The significance of ‘pipefill’ in two generic drug damages awards
