Jonathan’s Jots

It is rare in criminal law to see a 9-0 ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada. That court issued such a criminal ruling recently regarding parole eligibility criteria for multiple murder convicts. The essentially ruled against “stacking” so that there was no real effect on parole from multiple murders,

There are certain types of criminal offences that require “specific intent” to commit them rather than “general intent.” Figuring out which is which has taken decades of jurisprudence. Regarding “specific intent” crimes there had been a defence of automatism for many years; basically that the accused was so “out of

ThyssenKrupp is a famous elevator company. It had an office with 10 males and 3 females and it was a fun, joke filled place to work. Mr. Render was a supervisor with the company. He had been there 30 years and had no discipline history. He seemed well liked. Ms.

In some refreshing news, the Ontario government has announced changes to the Employment Standards Act to ensure that folks who join the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves and have to leave their civilian jobs for weeks on end for military exercises, are not penalized by their employers. Given that the federal

I was pleased to be defence (employer) counsel in the recent Superior Court trial decision of Pepper v Lamb. Mr. Lamb owned a small proprietorship that sold promotional products. Ms. Pepper was his longstanding, only employee, and realistically, she ran the business. A dispute arose over music being played, of

I just saw this announced on the news today. Since the Ministry of Labour is bringing the charges, presumably they are under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, (OHSA). The OHSA and its regulations are quite complex, but essentially a workplace and specifically those in any level of management in