WINDSOR, Ont. — For Windsor defence lawyer Greg Goulin, the Sept. 1 opening of the Windsor Residence for Young Men represents not only a personal dream come true but it also fills a large gap in the city’s social services.

The Ontario Court of Appeal is considering whether police can search a suspect’s cellphone upon arrest without a warrant in a case that could delve further into the idea that cellphones aren’t akin to briefcases, a lawyer involved in the matter says.
 

As a successful legal professional, former attorney general Michael Bryant struggled to accept that he was an alcoholic.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has reinforced the validity of arbitration provisions with its decision late last month that it won’t vary spousal support in cases where there’s a separation agreement containing an exclusive arbitration clause.

GRAND BEND, Ont. — The Beach O’ Pines community on Lake Huron has always been a favourite summer get-away for rich Americans, including the family of someone who’s a big name in the news right now: Mitt Romney.

Optimism that Legal Aid Ontario’s final discretion guidelines and initiatives will improve the discretion request process has some Toronto criminal and family lawyers breathing a cautious sigh of relief this month as they wait to see how the new guidelines unfold.

A lawyer who accused her principal of being dishonest and negligent was justly fired for cause, says the Court of Appeal.

A Bayfield, Ont. man has been charged with two counts of criminal harassment and two counts of defamatory libel after allegedly spreading false information about several lawyers, members of the police, and justice officials in Guelph, Ont.

Correction: This story incorrectly identified Crown lawyers John Kelly and William MacLarkey as the Crowns involved in the months leading up to the Seed v. Ontario case that recently held the government liable for $125,000 in costs. Kelly and MacLarkey first became involved in the file on March 9, 2012, approximately one month before they argued the certification motion, and did not stall the certification motion for five months. MacLarkey and Kelly also were not involved in any offer to settle. MacLarkey and Kelly were not the counsel who argued the costs issue. Kirk Baert, who represented the plaintiffs in the case, did not suggest Kelly and MacLarkey were involved at that time. Law Times regrets the error.

Taxpayers are on the hook for more than $125,000 in costs after the province delayed delivering its position in a class action involving a Brantford, Ont.-area school for the visually impaired, a lawyer for the plaintiffs says.

Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson defended his government’s approach to criminal legal aid funding at his annual Canadian Bar Association grilling while rebuffing calls from the organization for a review of federal funding.

They are the two Toronto-based criminal defence lawyers representing the only Canadian still imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Their client, Omar Khadr, is stuck in a holding pattern as he waits for Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to decide on his return to Canada to complete the remainder of his eight-year prison sentence.

A self-represented inmate who’s serving a life sentence in British Columbia for second-degree murder has succeeded in a court application that forces the Correctional Service of Canada to re-evaluate the efficacy of its grievance procedure for prisoners.