This is part of the Middle Passage Law Series and is cross posted on Commercial Law International. Why am I wearing all black today? Am I in mourning? No, not exactly. Then why? Well it is...

By: Ainsley Brown The claims advanced by Olint, though ultimately would proven to be groundless is very important because it, gave us a brief glimpse into the subtleties of judicial politics....

Ex-boyfriend confesses to child’s murder Peter Small writes for the Toronto Star: In a scene worthy of movie-of-the-week witness box confessions, the former boyfriend of a woman charged with fatally beating her 2-year-old daughter testified Wednesday...

…Well, maybe not so much a bailiff, but a courtroom deputy.  A report out of Maricopa County, Arizona amazingly shows Detention Officer Adam Stoddard taking a document from defence counsel’s files while she argues during a sentencing hearing. While...

‘Guest worker’ abuses blasted Lack of oversight by the federal government has allowed foreign workers to be abused by their employers, Auditor General Sheila Fraser says in a scathing report on Canada’s immigration program. Fraser said federal...

Two charges dropped against shopkeeper Jennifer Yang writes: Kidnapping and weapons charges were dropped this morning against a shopkeeper who was arrested for detaining a suspected shoplifter.

Law Times: Lawyer stymied in pro bono efforts My thoughts on what looks, basically, like gatekeeping: The first comment has it right, the Law Society is not addressing the fact that putting someone like Mukhtiar Dahiya in an organization will do...