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06/29/2022

As medical innovations, in particular in vitro fertilization, help provide options to prospective parents struggling with fertility issues, a host of ...

06/29/2022

With public confidence in police forces eroded by violence and corruption, including cases like the murders of Eric Garner and George Floyd, both Black ...

05/03/2022

"Kent Roach, a law professor at the University of Toronto, said he hopes rural policing will be examined. "This issue seems to be a pretty large elephant in the room when you are talking about the RCMP," Roach said in an interview.

Roach, author of a book to be published next month titled Canadian Policing: Why and How It Must Change, maintains that any examination of RCMP services and contract policing needs to consider more than just money — it should also look at such things as how the force trains officers to serve diverse areas of the country."

The rising cost of RCMP services is "changing the conversation" around policing in Nova Scotia, according to the head of the organization that represents the province's municipalities.

05/03/2022

A significant legal figure who had a profound influence on the history of Canadian law, the Honourable Justice Julius Isaac served in many important roles, including as a judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario and as a chief justice of the Federal Court of Canada—the first Person of Colour to be appointed to that bench.

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Justice Julius Isaac (1928–2011), the first Black Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada

03/08/2022

On this International Women's Day, we would like to extend our appreciation and gratitude to all women (both past and present) who have made strides in the fight for equality.

Although we have come a long way, there is still work to be done.

Join us today at Irwin Law as we break the bias and celebrate the many women in our lives.

02/18/2022

What is the Emergencies Act intending to do?

Check out this podcast by CIAJ ICAJ as they interview Professor Kent Roach of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

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Putting the February 2022 Crisis in context requires taking a step back and getting a better grasp of Canada’s Emergencies Act and its implications. In this timely podcast, CIAJ's Executive Director and Lawyer Christine O'Doherty is asking UofT Faculty of Law Professor Kent Roach some crucial ques...

02/01/2022

"An in rem claim determines the rights of all parties regardless of whether they were part of the dispute. A right in rem can be asserted against all the world and everyone must respect the claimant’s right."

- The Law of Equitable Remedies, Jeffrey Berryman

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01/18/2022

It's Legal Term Tuesday!

Today's legal term is...

Stare Decisis

"The principle by which decisions of a higher court are binding on and must be followed by lower courts."

- The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Robert J. Sharpe & Kent Roach

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01/13/2022

Lawyers say that a new system to process motorist violations that eliminates traffic court could be contested constitutionally.

While critics say there are good reasons to streamline the system, they say it greatly reduces defendants' rights.

01/11/2022

It's Legal Term Tuesday!

The term for the day is...

Mere Frontier Incident

"In connection with the law of self-defence, a use of force against a state which, by virtue of its limited scale and effects, is not of such gravity as to justify a responsive use of force by that state in self-defence."

- Public International Law, John H. Currie

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