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To Boldly Go… towards a global system of accountability – Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions Inc.
Wednesday, August 30, 2017Tim DuncanLitigation, Intellectual Property, InjunctionsSupreme Court of Canada, Technology, Freedom of Expression
In true common law tradition, let’s start this blog post with some obligatory Latin: audentes Fortuna iuvat. “Fortune favours the bold.”
This might have been the principle that governed the behaviour of Datalink Technologies Inc. when it...
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Take Me to the Water: the baptism of bankruptcy and student debt write-offs
Wednesday, April 5, 2017Tim DuncanBankruptcy and Insolvency, LitigationPolitics, Budget, Finance
A few weeks ago, I decided to take a break from reading cases, arguments and alternative arguments to peruse the news (read: basket-cases, facts and “alternative facts”) instead.
Amongst other things, I learned that the federal government is this year planning to write off approximately...
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Gilmor v. Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority: The pending appeal and what’s at stake
Wednesday, October 26, 2016Tim DuncanLand Use Regulation, Litigation, Conservation, Environmental Law
On December 20, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal will hear an appeal of an appeal overturning a refusal by a Conservation Authority to issue a permit for development of...
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Holding the Bag: Re Redwater and the Road Ahead
Wednesday, June 22, 2016Tim DuncanLitigation, Insolvency law, Environmental LawAlberta, Oil Sands, PHC contamination
I’ll leave the proselytizing on the Fort McMurray wildfires and notions of karma to the pundits. What I want to talk about is...
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