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National Magazine is the official periodical of the Canadian Bar Association and covers the latest trends and developments affecting the legal profession and the practice of law, as well as the latest news regarding the association and its activities.
National - Supreme cases: a look back and look ahead
6 hours ago · The Supreme Court of Canada’s 2024 workload was not quite back up to pre-pandemic levels, but it has been getting closer. And because the Court will mark its 150th anniversary this year, it will take on additional functions to mark the occasion. The Court granted 35 leaves in 2024, fewer than the ...
National - The overblown fears of a migrant wave
1 day ago · There has been no shortage of grim headlines about Donald Trump’s plans for undocumented migrants in the United States — the threats to send families to internment camps, deport 12 million undocumented people and put an end to temporary protected status (TPS) for refugees in peril.
National - Year in review through the eyes of our readers
Dec 31, 2024 · Law Hot topics Year in review through the eyes of our readers. From conscription in Canada to MAID to cries for help, these topics caught our readers’ attention in 2024
National - ‘A huge leap forward for the entire justice system’
Dec 20, 2024 · In October, Clarence Woodhouse walked out of a Winnipeg courtroom a free man—five decades late. Fifty years earlier, he and two other Indigenous men were convicted of murdering a restaurant worker. His two co-accused were acquitted last year. Their convictions were based largely on statements ...
National - Criminalizing coercive control
Dec 9, 2024 · Law In-depth Criminalizing coercive control. Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani sees creating a new offence as a way to combat femicide. BY Kevin Dougherty 9 Dec. 2024 iStock/nadia_bormotova
National - Canada's shift to circular economy - National Magazine
Feb 29, 2024 · Legislating a right to repair for consumers. National Magazine is the official periodical of the Canadian Bar Association and covers the latest trends and developments affecting the legal profession and the practice of law, as well as the latest news regarding the association and its activities.
National - Translation turmoil at the Supreme Court
Nov 27, 2024 · There has been no shortage of turmoil around translating Supreme Court of Canada decisions that pre-date 1970. Since 2021, two complaints have been made to the official languages commissioner, who found the Court is in breach of the Official Languages Act by not translating thousands of decisions into French.The Court has argued the legislation doesn't apply retroactively, which led to a ...
National - Keeping the Katz in the bag
Nov 9, 2024 · In a pair of decisions on Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upheld that the presumption of a standard of review of reasonableness in the Vavilov framework does apply when the validity of subordinate legislation is being challenged.. The Court also found that the previous jurisprudence in Katz remains good law when it …
National - Conscription in Canada - National Magazine
Jun 6, 2024 · After decades of relative quiet, talk of conscription and national service is suddenly making headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. This is not surprising, given the world looks more dangerous than ever since the Cold War.