The right of distress, also known as “distraint,” (verb: to distrain) is a common law doctrine where the creditor is entitled to seize the debtor’s properties to satisfy the debt owed. In the context of commercial tenancies, it refers to the landlord’s right to seize chattels (goods) on the premises owned by the tenant if [...]

What could possibly top “Getting Fired via Facebook” (posted August 14, 2009)?
Here’s the latest: an Alberta judge has allowed a defendant to be served via Facebook. Shaunna Mireau of slaw.ca reported as follows:
The February 5, 2009 Order of Master Breitkreuz from Knott v. Sutherland says that the plaintiffs could substitutionally serve one of the multiple [...]

It’s interesting to know that U.S. technically doesn’t have an official language.

Perhaps the photograph below explains why…

At the conclusion of the interview, Rappaport asked me the inevitable question: “What would you tell someone who’s thinking about opening up their own firm after articling?”

“Know the challenges ahead and keep your spirit up. You’ll be fine,” I said.

“The [boycott] move was not taken lightly. Many lawyers consider legal aid cases a vocational duty. But over the last 15 years that duty has become an untenable burden,” Dylan Young recently wrote for the magazine Precedent.*
Some outsiders, including lawyers practising outside the Legal Aid Ontario system, saw the boycott by the Criminal Lawyers’ Association [...]