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Much media attention has been drawn to a recent judgement delivered by the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench where a “thumbs up” emoji (👍) led to the finding of a valid contract. This post will explain the Court’s reasoning so you can decide whether it was reasonable...

Negligence law is a critical area of tort law that remedies individuals who have suffered damages where someone failed to exercise reasonable care. Accordingly, negligence law forms the basis of many personal injury claims in Canada...

As summer has passed the mid-way mark for summer law students, I find myself looking back at the incredible journey I’ve embarked upon as a civil litigation summer law student at the Department of National Defence...

In Canada, the notion of shareholder limited liability flows directly through the Canadian Business Corporations Act [CBCA] or various other provincial corporate statutes (if they provide for it). Under section 45 of the CBCA, shareholders of a corporation... 

Under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, every individual has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty and not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause. When an accused is not released from custody by the police...

H.L.A Hart wrote The Concept of Law in 1961, and it is regarded as one of the most influential pieces of legal jurisprudence to date. Hart presents The Concept of Law as a legal theory which follows the legal positivist’s school of jurisprudence. Such a theory...