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With all the negative press surrounding the York strike in recent weeks, it's a welcome change to hear that something productive is going on at the northern Toronto university: Osgoode Hall is teaming up with fellow York faculty Schulich School of Business to create the Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business and Law, an interdisciplinary learning centre which will aim to produce lawyers with sound business sense. The initiative was made possible by a $3 million donation from Jay Hennick, ...

Should law school be a professional faculty designed to produce legal technicians, or a theory-based approach designed to give students a conceptual understanding of the law? When the latter holds true, and law schools do not fully prepare students for the reality of practice, a new start-up is promising to fill this knowledge gap. Solo Practice University is an online community aimed at allowing law students and recent graduates to learn directly from legal professionals. It is, in its own ...

With American law firms shedding lawyers by the hour, things sound all doom and gloom down there. But CNN has picked up on a positive side effect of the firm layoffs: it's an unprecedented opportunity for many lawyers to take up public-interest work. "There is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity coming out of a difficult situation," said Esther Lardent, president of the Pro Bono Institute in Washington D.C., who began discussions this month with at least 15 corporate firms nationwide about placing ...

As reported by The Globe and Mail, Houston-based lawyer Frank Santulli has been stripped of his licence to practice law because of his student debt. Santulli has carried US$67,000 in outstanding loans since 1998 and failed to follow a plan to repay them: A Texas appeals court said lawyer Frank Santulli III did not have the trustworthiness needed to represent clients because of his failure to comply with the repayment plan… The appeals court cited the possibility that "he will harm a client, ...

... loyal employee throughout his career. According to a landmark, April, 2005 trial Judgment by Mr. Justice J. R. MacIsaac of the Ontario Superior Court, during the final seven months of this employment, however, Mr. Keays was subjected to harassment ... a view to clarifying the rules for the benefit of employers and employees. There is something deeply unsatisfying about Justice MacIsaac's back-door approach to compensation through punitive damages. This is particularly so, given that the "independent ...

When a Defendant is examined for discovery in a BC Injury Claim damaging answers can be read in at trial as evidence against that defendant. A limit to this, however, is that if there is more than one defendant in a lawsuit the evidence can generally only be used against the defendant who was examined (click here to read a previous post discussing this restriction). Reasons for judgment were released today demonstrating an exception to this restriction. In today's case (Beazley v. Suzuki Motor ...

Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, awarding just over $43,000 in total damages to a Plaintiff as a result of a 2005 car crash. In today's case (Daniels v. Haaksma) the Plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle that was rear ended. As a result of the collision she suffered "mild to moderate soft tissue injuries to her lower and mid-back, and moderate soft tissue injuries to her neck. " Mr. Justice Ehrcke found that while these injuries "resulted ...

Here are some of the latest Canadian law blog additions to Lawblogs.ca: ICBC law blog (MacIsaac & Company) The Ethical Lawyer (Franco Tarulli) The Insurance Lawyer (Franco Tarulli) Solo in Ontario: Criminal Practice (Bo Arfai) MRB Insurance Law Blog (MacMillan Rooke Boeckle) Congrats to all on your recent launches!

Following a 2 day trial using the Fast Track Rule (Rule 66), reasons for judgement were released today compensating a Plaintiff as a result of a 2005 BC car accident. The Plaintiff was injured as a passenger. The offending motorist admitted fault and the trial focused on damages (lawful compensation) only. The Plaintiff had a range of complaints following the accident including pain in her neck, right shoulder and low back, and a significant increase in the frequency of her pre-existing ...

Following a trial that lasted over 6 weeks, reasons for judgement were released today awarding a Plaintiff close to $900,000 in damages as a result of a 2002 car crash that occurred in Vancouver, BC. The Plaintiff, while stopped at a red light, was rear-ended by a Ford F150 pick up truck. The force of the collision was found to be 'sufficiently strong to cause the plaintiff to suffer bruising across his chest where the seat-belt had restrained him'. The Plaintiff was able to drive away from the ...