Judicial Compensation & End of Fantasy Courts’ Season 4
The end of July marked the end of season 4 of Fantasy Courts. This season we had 15 decisions to predict with plenty of surprises and close splits.
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Civil Litigation: Doctrine of Merger
The CA determined there could not have been a larger nor more liberal interpretation of the Statement of Claim than in this case.
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Disclosing Cabinet Records in Judges’ Salary Judicial Review
This Friday, the SCC is releasing its decisions in two appeals. At issue in both cases is whether to release Cabinet records.
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What I Learned as a Lawyer
Retired lawyer Scott Duke offers a few tokens of advice to younger lawyers after thirty years of practise.
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Vicarious Liability of Church for Historic Abuse at Orphanage
The C.A. determines the Brothers’ sexual assaults of the plaintiffs was a “materialization” of the risk the Archdiocese placed in the community.
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Doctrine of Presumption of Undue Influence
A Trial Judge must decide on “the totality of the evidence” in this case and whether an allegation of undue influence” has been proven.
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