Recently, I was tasked with a particularly complicated legal research question which involved one of my favorite topics: ...

Quantitative methods are at once well-established and novel when speaking about access to justice. We’ve been reporting on ...

It is rare that a term of imprisonment is given for breach of a Court Order, such as an injunction. The Federal Court issued an Anton Pillar order in a case of copyright infringement involving a ...

Court data is an important source of information that can increase our understanding of justice system issues. Research is currently under way at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Canadian Forum on ...

I recently challenged myself to explore various Gen AI tools to improve my plain language skills and efficiency. As noted in my previous post, Exploring Gen AI Opportunities for Plain-Language Writing ...

The ease of finding a federal order in council depends greatly on when it was published. The easiest way to get a federal OIC is through the Orders in Council online database which is a searchable ...

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their ...

The way governments appoint judges and tribunal members is mostly mysterious – we know the general framework but not the inner workings of the process. It is only when the appointment process fails ...

PÉNAL (DROIT) — preuve pénale — exclusion de la preuve — stupéfiants — droit à la protection contre les fouilles, les perquisitions ou les saisies abusives — maison d’habitation — entrée sans mandat — ...

This is a rule from the Model Code of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. The commentaries to the rule identify a more specific component duty to defend judges and other tribunal members from ...