Articles 2020

Bill C-86 proposes amendments to the Copyright Act to facilitate streamlined hearings and timely decision-making. The authors highlight key aspects of the proposed reform in this timely article.

This article reviews the test on motions for security for costs in the context of trust and estate litigation.

In Eagleridge International Ltd. v. Newfoundland and Labrador, following a change of government, the new provincial Minister of Environment and Conservation withdrew approval for the construction of a gravel road intended to facilitate mineral exploration on lands and ordered that the project be subject to a full environmental assessment (EA). Eagleridge was entitled to proceed in accordance with the release from the full EA granted by the Minister before the change in government.

The introduction of a new hashtag for discussing section news and activities on social media.

Prison of Peace is a pro bono project that teaches life inmates to be peacemakers and mediators within their prison communities. It is currently operating in nine California prisons, four prisons in Greece, and one prison in Connecticut.

There were only two civil decisions summarized this week. Both were procedural in nature, were appeals from orders made after adjournment requests were denied, and were dismissed.

A discussion of a 2018 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, British Columbia v. Philip Morris International Inc., 2018 SCC 36, which affirms that judicial concern for issues like the relevance of evidence and trial fairness have little to no significance in determining an Act’s meaning, unless those concerns are supported by a textual or purposive analysis of the legislation.

Get to know the members of the Public Sector Lawyers Executive in this new series of articles.

Get to know the members of the Public Sector Lawyers executive team in this new series.