Thursday, August 22, 2019 @ 1:00 PM
At its next Convocation, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) will vote on regulatory changes for its paralegals, law students and articling students in a bid to keep non-lawyer agents in play when new federal rules come into force barring them from acting in summary offence cases. ... [read more]
Thursday, August 22, 2019 @ 9:33 AM
The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled a lower court erred in calculating levels of child support for a 9-year-old girl with Down syndrome, and the lawyer for the young girl’s mother says she plans to bring the issue before the Supreme Court. ... [read more]
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 @ 2:43 PM
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 @ 3:47 PM
The attorney general — and only the attorney general — may decide if overruling the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in a criminal prosecution is in the “public interest” — even if the prime minister and senior government officials question the AG’s due diligence and motives, or believe she otherwise failed to properly assess the public interest. ... [read more]
Helping prisoners’ kids avoid jail | Derek Reid and Jessica Reid
22,000 Strip Searches Annually
‘Stripping away’ Charter rights: Ontario’s problem with strip searches
