Legislation in particular jurisdictions may require written contracts for some transactions but these tend to be things like real estate related, building related, finance related etc..
Not exact matches
Given recent developments
in Canada (
in particular the Quebec
legislation and the Supreme Court of Canada decision
in Carter there are lessons from Canada for those seeking law reform
in common law
jurisdictions.
In particular, the availability of law from other jurisdictions, both case law and legislation, has increased remarkably over the past ten years, improving the quality of our own research product in Canad
In particular, the availability of law from other
jurisdictions, both case law and
legislation, has increased remarkably over the past ten years, improving the quality of our own research product
in Canad
in Canada.
When a company has more than one location
in jurisdictions with different employment
legislation, typically the
jurisdiction in which a
particular employee works will also be the law that applies to their employment contract.
The report noted this review could be administered either by a statutory appeal provision
in the tribunal's governing
legislation or via the inherent
jurisdiction of a superior court to engage
in judicial review, but the report advocated more strongly for the statutory appeal over judicial review because: (1) the basis of the statutory appeal could be wider
in scope and
in remedies than judicial review; (2) the statutory appeal mechanism could be crafted to the unique characteristics of the impugned tribunal and direct the appeal to a
particular level of court; and (3) the appeal would be less costly and more expeditious than judicial review.
This very varied evidentiary
legislation situation, will produce a very inconsistent caselaw, one
jurisdiction to the next, once judges and lawyers realize the consequences
in law required by the fundamental difference between an electronic record and a pre-electronic paper record —
in particular, the «system integrity concept» that is expressly stated
in the electronic records provisions; e.g.: s. 34.1 (5), (5.1) of the Ontario Evidence Act; and, s. 31.2 (1) of the Canada Evidence Act (see my Slaw blog article, «The Dependence of Electronic Discovery and Admissibility upon Electronic Records Management,» published Nov. 22, 2013).
In particular, it recommends that such national legislation should authorise negotiations with Indigenous communities, where they so desire, on the transfer of legal jurisdiction in relation to juvenile justice, transfer of police or judicial functions to the community, and adequate funding for community programs and strategie
In particular, it recommends that such national
legislation should authorise negotiations with Indigenous communities, where they so desire, on the transfer of legal
jurisdiction in relation to juvenile justice, transfer of police or judicial functions to the community, and adequate funding for community programs and strategie
in relation to juvenile justice, transfer of police or judicial functions to the community, and adequate funding for community programs and strategies.