The Higgs government is compromising on its update to the province’s Official Languages Act in the hopes of winning unanimous support for the legislation. Premier Blaine Higgs is backing away from the elimination of a mandatory 10-year review of the act contained in the statute. He told the legislature the government will introduce its own […]
Continue ReadingThe Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA) is raising concerns over access to justice as the number of practicing law professionals in rural and remote areas of the province of dwindles. FOLA, which represents 46 district and county associations in Ontario, put forward a motion last week that calls on the Law Society of Ontario […]
Continue ReadingRalph D. Russo – More than 40 athletes from Iowa and Iowa State could face discipline from both law enforcement and the NCAA for impermissible online betting. The NCAA consequences could be far worse than the legal ones. While the penalty for betting on sporting events in the state of Iowa for individuals under the […]
Continue ReadingKeira’s Law has officially been passed by the Senate. Bill C-233, more commonly known as ‘Keira’s Law,’ is meant to expand the training of judges to accept on cases surrounding domestic violence, coercive control and the ability to consider risk factors when issuing decisions. Read more: Canada’s Senate passes Keira’s Law aimed at educating decision-makers […]
Continue ReadingAt times an executor was appointed by a testator in their will and the executor was ill equipped or unwilling to act as executor. In these circumstances, it is necessary for an executor to formally renounce their role as executor. Quite often executors are confused if they can resign as an executor of a Will […]
Continue ReadingCorrection: Andrew Lester is 84 years old. An earlier version of this article contained incorrect information. An 84-year-old white man was charged with armed assault Monday days after shooting a Black teenager whose family members said went to the wrong house. Two days after 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot in Kansas City, Missouri, Kaylin Gillis, […]
Continue ReadingA total of 15 European Union countries have joined a legal case against Hungary’s Child Protection Law, widely criticized as being anti-LGBT. Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Malta, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, France, Germany and Greece, together with the European Parliament, will act as third parties in the lawsuit filed last year by […]
Continue ReadingOn the really tough days, when James Takkiruq felt like quitting law school, he’d look over at his five-year-old son and remember why he had to keep going. “He was a big support,” said Takkiruq, recalling the four years he spent going through the Nunavut Law Program in Iqaluit. “I wouldn’t have been able to […]
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