The Prolific Decision on Privacy in Sexual Assault Cases w/Anna Matas
How much privacy is too much? The Court of Appeal recently granted a motion, in part, that will be the standard for sexual assault cases, using the Sherman Estate framework. The implications are espec...
24 Sep 40min
Can Historic Family Law Obligations Continue to Have Consequences After Death?
Can historic family law obligations continue to have consequences after death through Part V of the Succession Law Reform Act?A recent case touched on that question, causing a stir in the estates liti...
3 Sep 33min
The Dog Walker Who Was Attacked and Legally Treated as the Owner w/ Shane Katz
What happens when the law defines a dog owner more broadly than most people realize?Under Ontario’s Dog Owners’ Liability Act, a person may be treated as a dog’s owner simply because they have tempora...
30 Jul 23min
The Groundbreaking Tort That Recognized Intimate Partner Violence w/ Joanna Radbord
For decades, family lawyers have represented clients whose abuse was not defined by one isolated incident, but by a pattern of control: financial abuse, isolation, humiliation, threats, physical viole...
25 Jun 32min
When Online Trolls Target a Community: How the Law Responds w/ Doug Judson
On paper, defamation law looks simple: a false statement is published, a reputation is harmed, and the courts step in to address the damage.The internet has changed that equation.Today, some of the mo...
26 Mar 29min
Chiang (Trustee of) v. Chiang: The Dark Side of Civil Contempt w/ Tom Curry
We like to believe that contempt of court is simple: you break the rules, face the consequences, and if you comply, you earn your way back out. The law, we tell ourselves, is precise, structured, and ...
5 Feb 55min
Nuremberg Revisited: When Evil Was Obvious but the Law Wasn’t w/ David Parry
We tend to think of history’s great atrocities as moral failures that are obvious in hindsight. Evil acts, evil people, and clear lines between right and wrong.But the harder question (which still hau...
22 Jan 43min
Ritualistic Repetition or Genuine Intent? Inside a Stunning Undue Influence Case w/ David Delagran & Justice Gilmore
Most people imagine undue influence as overt manipulation: a domineering child, a vulnerable parent, and a will that suddenly changes. But the reality, undue influence often looks like routine caregiv...
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