We are glad to have won our client an acquittal on the basis of a pillar of Canada’s criminal judicial system: the Crown must prove that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. No matter what the crime or what the potential sentence, nothing short of this standard will do to deprive a person of […]
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Civility in the legal profession. Some think of it as a nod to archaic forms that uphold classist underpinnings of the profession. Some think of it as the best thing about Canadian lawyers, their respect for one another and the court. Some think of it as a state body limiting the lawyer’s free expression and
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*The names in this article have been adjusted to initials to protect our client. Would you rather count on “good faith” from your boss or know what can lose you your job and what can’t? Sabsay Lawyers recently won a favourable decision at the ON Court of Appeal in the area of contract law, right on the
Your drive to work is pleasant and uneventful, and you are actually looking forward to a productive day at work. But you’re no sooner in the door when your manager calls you into the office and asks you to sit down. He tells you very bluntly and without warning that you no longer have a
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Big moves from the Federal Court in copyright law! For the first time, in Nintendo of America Inc. v King et al., 2017 FC 246, the Federal Court imposed $11,760,000 in statutory damages for violation of the Copyright Act, ss 27(2) and 41.1(1), plus $1,000,000 in punitive damages. Go Cyber was found liable for secondary
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In a case from the Small Claims Division of the Court of QC, it turns out that the fair dealing exception does not always cover usage of intellectual property in news reporting – at least, not in all circumstances. In Saad c Le Journal de Montréal, 2017 QCCQ 122, the Journal de Montréal was found not to have
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