Friday, April 09, 2021 @ 9:45 AM
Police officers who demand drivers to provide breath samples must have an approved screening device with them to be able to immediately conduct the test, ruled a full bench of the Quebec Court of Appeal, upending its own previous guidance that allowed delays depending on the circumstances. ... [read more]
Friday, April 09, 2021 @ 12:08 PM
For the fourth time over the past two years, an appellate court has unanimously ruled against the use of administrative segregation in prisons as unconstitutional, and the lead lawyer in a class action on solitary confinement against the Ontario government hopes it will result in the end of that practice. ... [read more]
Friday, April 09, 2021 @ 8:08 AM
Privacy experts are encouraged by a landmark fine handed to a Canadian for unlawfully sending out more than half a million spam e-mails, saying greater enforcement and tougher penalties are needed to punish genuine bad actors. These comments come following the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) fining an Atlantic Canada man for allegedly delivering at least 671,342 commercial e-mails without prior consent from the recipients. ... [read more]
Thursday, April 08, 2021 @ 2:53 PM
Ryerson University’s new law school will carry the name of pioneering Black lawyer and former federal cabinet minister Lincoln Alexander, it has announced. In an April 7 news release, the founding dean of the faculty of law, Donna Young, called Alexander a “trailblazer.” ... [read more]
Thursday, April 08, 2021 @ 12:47 PM
Climate change has been called an existential threat to our planet, with scientists saying rising temperatures are causing more frequent and severe weather-related events such as flooding and wildfires. And now a group of legal experts is saying the time has come for insurance companies in Canada to start thinking about how to manage climate-related risk because of the unique challenges they face. ... [read more]
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