Sentences with phrase «canadian court practice»

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A letter obtained by the Canadian Press from a lawyer representing the Great White North Franchise Association to Tim Hortons parent company Restaurant Brands Inc. said if RBI refuses to meet with franchisees by Friday to discuss «deficient IT practices» and «future IT protocols» they will take the matter to court.

We built the membership last September to include fair representation from the judiciary, lawyers in private and public sector practice, the Courts Administration Service, a few other areas and a journalist to represent the interests of the Canadian public.

Certainly there is a lot of discussion based around court technologies, there was an entire two - day Canadian Forum on Court Technology which took place in Montreal October 24 - 25, and there has been progress with work on identifying best practices for remote court appearances, including this report from Canada and this one from Austrcourt technologies, there was an entire two - day Canadian Forum on Court Technology which took place in Montreal October 24 - 25, and there has been progress with work on identifying best practices for remote court appearances, including this report from Canada and this one from AustrCourt Technology which took place in Montreal October 24 - 25, and there has been progress with work on identifying best practices for remote court appearances, including this report from Canada and this one from Austrcourt appearances, including this report from Canada and this one from Australia.

A diversified approach, including innovation but also institutional best practices from other jurisdictions, could help with the back log that Canadian courts currently face.

From seeing a lot of decision documents in my career, I can guarantee you that this is not the current practice in Canadian courts.

The Commissioner is an advocate for the privacy rights of Canadians and her powers include: Investigating complaints, conducting audits and pursuing court action under two federal laws - Privacy Act and Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA); Publicly reporting on the personal information - handling practices of public and private sector organizations; Supporting, undertaking and publishing research into privacy issues; and Promoting public awareness and understanding of privacy issues.

We're not going to fix adequately the former so long as the only formal requirement for eligibility to appear in court, on any matter, is that one hold a current, qualifying, Canadian licence to practice law.

Just as the current edition took a major step forward by elimination of the heretofore sacrosanct, but totally useless period, in legal citation, the editors of the Guide to Canadian Legal Research are able to introduce reality into the practice of citing court decisions by a few simple changes to the recommended Hierarchy of Sources for case law.

Corporations are increasingly using Canadian courts to intimidate and silence people from speaking out against pipelines through residential and conservation land, unsafe mining practices, fish farming, waste processing plants and building developments.

The report, by Block G Privacy and Security Consulting, said: «Until national policies are established or court challenges arise... the use of UAVs by Canadian policing bodies will likely continue to be somewhat ad hoc and primarily constrained by the SFOC process and [law enforcement agencies»] interests in avoiding public pushback of UAV - based practices.»

Her ongoing work on the Federal Court Liaison Committee on the development of practice guidelines for aboriginal law matters and oral history evidence has been an important and substantive contribution to Canadian law.

In recent report (PDF) of the Alberta branch of the Canadian Bar Association on limited scope retainers, Marie Gordon QC wrote that unbundling represents «an effective niche marketing tool» to grow one's practice in a way that is much less stressful, allows lawyers to thrive who are averse to court and enables a part - time practice.

The reference process is an unusual aspect of Canadian practice that permits the government to put hypothetical or anticipatory questions before the Court.

AIDWYC contends that Canadian cases of alleged wrongful convictions should «not [be] examined from the adversarial perspective of trying to show that the convicted person was rightfully treated by the court system» as occurs at present through the Minister of Justice's current practice under section 696.1147 Rather, AIDWYC argues that an independent review board like CCRC should «undertake a fresh review without bias.»

«By the Court» has now come of age as an innovative and uniquely Canadian practice for particularly important decisions, primarily but perhaps no longer exclusively with respect to constitutional law, and in the process it has become a more reliable marker of a decision that deserves particular notice.

Paul maintains an active pro bono component to his practice and he has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and various administrative tribunals in a pro bono capacity on behalf of individuals and organizations, such as the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

Cranbrook / ʔa · kisk̓aqǂiʔit — The Ktunaxa Nation is heading to the highest court in Canada in its ongoing efforts to reaffirm the right of Aboriginal Canadians to exercise spiritual practices that are dependent upon sacred sites.

Questions of statutory interpretation attract no deference (a significant difference from Canada in theory — though some have questioned whether, in practice, Canadian courts still, in fact, defer to administrators» interpretations of law).

This book covers the most fundamental legal and practical issues that Canadian patent lawyers and patent agents are likely to face in everyday practice before the courts and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO).

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association today filed their written brief to the Ontario Court of Appeal, as part of its ongoing efforts to stop the unconscionable federal practice of indefinite solitary confinement, particularly of the indigenous and mentally ill.

In making this move the Alberta Courts are following the practice of some other Canadian courts, including those in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland and LabCourts are following the practice of some other Canadian courts, including those in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labcourts, including those in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador.

He has been the Chairman of the Copyright Policy Committee of the Canadian Bar Association («CBA») and is currently an active member of the CBA Court Practice and Copyright committees.

[xix] Moreover, Canadian courts must defer to statutory bodies» procedural choices, taking «into account and respect [ing] the choices of procedure made by the agency itself»: [xx] «The determination of the scope and content of a duty to act fairly is circumstance - specific, and may well depend on factors within the expertise and knowledge of the tribunal, including the nature of the statutory scheme and the expectations and practices of the [relevant] constituencies».

In the landmark case of Hunter v Southam, [1984] 2 SCR 145 Justice Brian Dickson, writing for a unanimous court, said this about the different paths of Canadian and American history, at p. 6 (QL): «The American courts have had the advantage of a number of specific prerequisites articulated in the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as well as a history of colonial opposition to certain Crown investigatory practices from which to draw out the nature of the interests protected by that Amendment and the kinds of conduct it proscribes.

Supreme Court rules that practice of beginning council meetings in Quebec with prayer must stop, Canadian Press

On Tuesday May 27, 2014, it was reported in the media that a motion raising a question of public interest was filed in Quebec Superior Court by a medical doctor Paul Saba, and a woman with cerebral palsy Lisa D'Amico, claiming that Bill 52 is illegal and violates both the Quebec and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Quebec's Civil Code, the Quebec Code of medical practice, medical ethics, the Criminal Code and the Constitution.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

Canada has always had an entrenched constitution, and Canadian courts have always invalidated Canadian laws inconsistent with it, although the legal rationale for this practice did indeed change in 1982, from the supremacy of Imperial law to the supremacy of the (Canadian) constitution.

In practice, Canadian courts and institutions (including those in Quebec) tend to be flexible in authenticating foreign documents.

Ishaq v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2015 FCA 212 Courts — Practice Summary: Ishaq was a Pakistani national who had been granted Canadian citizenship.

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He is a member of the Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations, the York Collaborative Practice, the York Region Law Association, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, and the Markham Board of Trade.