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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed on this date an application against the Ryerson Students' Union for refusing to recognize the Men's Issues Awareness Society as an official student group, noting that "truth be told, official Student Group Status is actually not a significant issue."
What is February 26, 2018?
Elle wants to set up a trust for her chihuahua Bruiser in the event of an untimely death. Knowing very little about this topic, you consult this article in Halsbury's Laws of Canada specifically on pet trusts.
What is HWL-445 Purpose trusts?
The Canadian Columbia River Treaty Negotiating Team includes representatives of these three nations as observers.
What are the Ktunaxa, Secwepemc, and Syilx/Okanagan Nations?
The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation is more commonly known by this unofficial title.
What is the McGill Guide?
Pursuant to the Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, Ryerson University legally changed its name to Toronto Metropolitan University on this date.
What is December 8, 2022?
Elle's landlord wants to evict her from her Toronto home because of her pet chihuahua Bruiser, pointing to the lease agreement Elle signed agreeing not to have any pets. As her lawyer, you cite this section of the Residential Tenancies Act to nullify that clause.
What is Section 14?
You work at a legal aid clinic and represent a remote worker who has been getting Slack DMs of inappropriate emojis from a coworker she has never met in person. You cite this section and subsection of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act stating that workplace harrassment includes virtual harrassment.
What is Section 1(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act?
This encyclopedia available on Lexis is a popular secondary source covering a wide range of areas of law.
What is Halsbury's Laws of Canada?
You represent a Creative School student who learned last year that one of their songs had been sampled without permission in an obscure 2021 song by a Montreal indie band. Their copyright infringement claim must most likely be brought by this year.
What is 2027?
Elle believes her neighbour is intentionally leaving food infused with rat poison around the block, and secretly recorded a telephone conversation she had with the neighbour in which the neighbour admitted she wouldn't mind seeing Bruiser dead. The neighbor claims she did not consent to the recording, so you cite this section of the Criminal Code of Canada that provides an exception for this kind of wiretapping.
What is Section 184 of the Criminal Code?
You represent an immigrant whose refugee claim was just denied today by the Immigration and Refugee Board. You have 15 days to appeal to the Federal Court pursuant to this section of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
What is Section 72(2)(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act?
This Ontario publication compiled all Ontario laws in force, and was last published in 1990.
What are the Revised Statutes of Ontario?
On September 23, 2024, Hub Café passed a food inspection by Toronto Public Health despite a minor infraction for a failure to maintain a food premise's walls in good repair under this section and subsection of O. Reg. 493/17.
What is Section 7(1)(g) of Ontario Regulation 493/17.
Elle has started her own boutique dog clothing business and wants to give out custom mugs to her employees as an award for their hard work. Under current CRA administrative guidance, examples of items of trivial value that do not need to be included in the $500 FMV cap for non-taxable gifts and awards include mugs, t-shirts, and these two drinkable items.
What are coffee and tea?
You represent a friend who was injured by a cyclist riding in the opposite direction while she was crossing the street at a crosswalk. You find this section and subsection of the Highway Traffic Act stating cyclists are not allowed to ride on the crosswalk.
What is Section 144(29) of the Highway Traffic Act?
What is the full name of the case law reporter abbreviated as DLR
What are the Dominion Law Reports?
In 1982, the Eaton Centre was ordered to remove holiday red ribbons from the geese sculpture "Flight Stop" after the artist complained that it was "not unlike dangling earrings from the Venus de Milo." In doing so, the judge rejected the defendants' definition of the word "independently" in Section 12(7) of the Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. C-30, which states this.
(7) Independently of the author's copyright, and even after the assignment, either wholly or partially, of the said copyright, the author has the right to claim authorship of the work, as well as the right to restrain any distortion, mutilation or other modification of the work that would be prejudicial to his honour or reputation. R.S., c. 55, s. 12.
Elle is splitting from Emmett after moving to Toronto, and is worried that just because Emmett is listed as Bruiser's owner in the vet office and on his microchip, she might lose Bruiser. Luckily, you find this 2024 Ontario Superior Court case indicating that these records are by themselves insufficient to prove ownership of a dog.
What is Franco v. Franco, 2024 ONSC 6436?
In 2018, a Cour du Québec Judge compared the accused's claim that he used a gentle and low tone of voice to insult someone over loud music to the oxymoronic lyrics of this U2 song.
What is "Running to Stand Still"?
To find proposed federal regulations published on a given date, you can consult this government publication first published in 1841.
What is the Canada Gazette?