Welcome to Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t! This week, lawyer Kyla Lee discusses Class Actions & Data Breaches… Acumen Law Corporation lawyer Kyla Lee gives her take on a made-in-Canada court case each week and discusses why these cases should have been heard by Canada’s highest court: the Supreme Court of Canada.
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On this episode, Kyla and Paul ask the question if modern vehicles need the high top speeds for driving in the city. Should there be legislation or manufacturer limitations? They also look at a case where an accident was found to be unavoidable.
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Ah, crime. Often real and scary, sometimes imagined and funny. And that is what we have here for you today. As autumn starts and the weather cools, we’ve rounded up some of the most amusing legal shenanigans, real or imagined. So, pop some popcorn and let’s recount the tales of citizens who were shocked and surprised when they saw these news stories firsthand.
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Welcome to Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t! This week, lawyer Kyla Lee discusses the right to a trial within a reasonable time… Acumen Law Corporation lawyer Kyla Lee gives her take on a made-in-Canada court case each week and discusses why these cases should have been heard by Canada’s highest court: the Supreme Court of Canada.
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With the return of kids to school, for most of us the summer, and tourist season, has come to a close. Some of our Weird and Wacky Wednesday stories are inevitably about people on vacation doing stupid things, and we tend to focus on stupid things they do in the US. Today we’d like to challenge the assertion that American tourists are the stupidest by looking at some of the horrible things people from other nations have done.
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Summer is ending and in Vancouver it feels like summer stopped yesterday with the first cool, rainy day of the season. Many welcome the end of summer and the coming of long-needed rain. I like it hot. When the summer stops abruptly, I grieve just a little. But I understand how people feel. Sometimes you just want it to stop. This week we are stopping our summer review of weird and wacky food-law stories and looking at cases where people just want it to stop.
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I consider myself a foodie. I like to cook, I like to go out to eat and I like to watch competitive cooking shows. I noted over the summer, Weird and Wacky Wednesdays often dealt with food crimes. If I could go back to law school, I might have specialized in “food law.” If this isn’t a recognized area of the law, I could make it one just like I invented “Driving Law” about a decade ago.
This week we’re still dealing with food, but this time it’s fast-food lawsuits.
…Weird and Wacky Wednesday: Volume 259 Read More »
This seems to be the summer of the food fight. This week our Weird and Wacky Wednesday stories once again deal with the throwing of food. Has food become the new weapon of choice?
…Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 258 Read More »
It’s hot in many places. And it’s important to control your anger. This week we have three wacky stories where people failed to control their anger, behaved badly according to the stories and now have the police on their case. Of course, everyone charged is presumed innocent. They are not presumed to be level-headed, however. The lesson from these stories is that, even if it’s hot outside, try to keep your cool.
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I often wonder about people’s motivations and the factors that cause people to commit crimes. That could be the WWW in each of the three stories this week. Why, why and why? Criminologists and psychologists can debate the reasons people commit crimes. In the stories this week, the answer seems to be greed, stupidity and dishonesty.
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