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31 May 2014, 5:49 am
This week’s Foreign Policy Essay was brought to us by Beverley Milton-Edwards of Queen’s University Belfast. [read post]
25 May 2014, 7:00 am
Beverley Milton-Edwards, a professor at Queen’s University Belfast and renowned expert on Hamas, assesses these Islamist rivals and the risks for Hamas of being too confrontational or too passive in dealing with them. *** Hamas is no stranger to having enemies—but none may prove as potent as its Islamist foes. [read post]
14 May 2014, 9:42 am
He has since been allowed to go free pending the outcome of this case.The Supreme Court had struck down the security certificate system in 2007 on the grounds that suspects did not have a chance to see the government’s case against them.The Conservative government then amended the law to provide for British-style special advocates for the suspects, who would be sworn to secrecy and could look at the evidence, and in its decision on Wednesday the court said this was constitutional.Specifically… [read post]
12 May 2014, 9:49 am
Fred Headon President In case you missed the controversy, some of the related press: Harper alleges Supreme Court Chief Justice broke key rule with phone call (May 1, 2014) Globe and Mail Stephen Harper weighs in on spat with Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin (May 2, 2014) CBC News Chief Justice hits back at Prime Minister over claim of improper call (May 2, 2014) Globe and Mail Nadon spat between Harper, chief justice McLachlin called ‘disturbing’ (May 3, 2014) CBC News… [read post]
7 May 2014, 7:08 am
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 7, 2014:Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin more than just a 'sitting judge' Average price of single home in Toronto shoots up 13% to $965,000Sotomayor Finds Her Voice Among the Justices Harper government not backing down from spat with Supreme Court chief justice - Ottawa CitizenAlberta Appeals Court Applies Brakes To "Rolling" Limitation Periods Legal battles proliferate as Trinity… [read post]
5 May 2014, 10:12 am
Lawyers are defending Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin with The Advocates’ Society calling on the government to issue a correction to “repair the potential damage caused by these remarks. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 8:04 am
“Sometimes when this topic is introduced one sees the audience’s collective eyes glaze over as they say, ‘Oh not again — we’ve been there, we’ve done that, things are a lot better now than they were, let’s just get on with something important,’ and yet the subject keeps coming back everywhere you look,” said Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin in her keynote address to the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s annual national… [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 1:52 pm
The following is a guest post by Lynne Yryku, Managing Editor, CCCA Magazine: Under the general theme of women in law, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin opened the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s National Conference in Calgary this morning. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 4:00 am
First Reference National MagazineGetting schooled in diversityAn in-house lawyer practising in Ontario or Quebec will be able to rack up an hour in CPD credits at the upcoming CCCA conference in Calgary by attending Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin’s keynote speech titled Women and the Law: A Look at the Past and the Future. [read post]
24 Mar 2014, 7:36 am
Keynote speakers scheduled are: Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, Jim Leech, Retired President and CEO of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Chancellor-designate, Queen’s University Jacquie McNish, Senior Writer for the Globe and Mail and Adjunct Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School [read post]
17 Mar 2014, 6:28 am
CanadaNew rules will make it easier to shut down 'problem' railroads, ReutersChief Justice Beverley McLachlin says 'reconciliation with First Nationas, not Charter' will define SCC in coming years, The National PostB.C.' [read post]
20 Feb 2014, 11:20 am
While the majority ruled in favour of using the curative proviso to disregard the error, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and Justice Louis Lebel dissented and would have allowed a new trial.The error in question pertains to the admissibility of police expert testimony at a drug trial. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 9:28 am
The closing keynote address will be delivered by Dame Beverley Wakem DNZM CBE, Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand and President of the International Ombudsman Institute. [read post]
24 Jan 2014, 6:59 am
In both cases, the Court noted that the transaction “does not fit within the statutory scheme” of Song-Beverley because online retailers have no mechanism for ensuring that the transaction is valid. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 12:38 pm
Current Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin dissented in that decision. [read post]
9 Jan 2014, 6:00 am
The unanimous judgment, written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, on behalf of the seven judges who presided over the case: “I conclude that the copyright in [Robinson Curiosité] was infringed. [read post]
5 Jan 2014, 1:17 pm
The five-person bench was stellar: Patricia Jackson, Justice Ian Binnie, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, Earl Cherniak, and Mayo Moran. [read post]
2 Jan 2014, 8:34 am
The Quebec Court of Appeal agreed with these findings in almost every instance, but reduced the overall awards by $1.6 million.In a judgment written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, the Supreme Court upheld the infringement ruling against the appellants, and partially allowed a cross-appeal by Robinson to reinstate damages excluded by the appeal court.In the case, the court weighed the need to protect artistic creators against the need to protect the public domain from proprietary… [read post]
20 Dec 2013, 12:08 pm
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, writing for a unanimous court, stressed that the ruling is not about whether prostitution should be legal or not, but about whether Parliament’s means of controlling it infringe the constitutional rights of prostitutes. [read post]
20 Dec 2013, 7:55 am
Bedford will take effect in one year, inviting Parliament to try to come up with some other way to regulate the sex trade if it chooses to do so.Prostitution is technically legal in Canada but most related activities have been illegal, including living off the avails of someone else’s prostitution, but the court found that the provisions were overly broad or grossly disproportionate.Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said many prostitutes “have no meaningful choice” but to… [read post]
