One email reply can feel harmless until it turns into a $17,500 invoice. We start with a recruiter placement fee fight that asks a deceptively simple question: when do you actually have a contract? A law firm agrees to work with an external recruiter, receives resumes, interviews a candidate, and hires them, then gets […]
What Counts As A Right When There’s Nowhere To Sleep
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminA city changes a bylaw, two parks get added to a no-camping list, and suddenly the real question isn’t “is this fair?” but “who has the legal power to decide?” We walk through a fresh BC Supreme Court decision on Victoria’s park camping restrictions, including why the court treats the amendment as legislation, not […]
Punitive Damages For Political Firing
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminA public servant gives three decades to the province, then gets fired without cause on the very day a government is about to fall. The BC Supreme Court doesn’t just disagree with how it was handled; it finds the termination was politically motivated and meant to turn a non-partisan employee into a convenient scapegoat. […]
When Poker Winnings Become Taxable
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminA million-dollar poker run sounds like the ultimate loophole, until the CRA decides it looks like a job. We talk with criminal defence lawyer Michael Mulligan about a Supreme Court of Canada leave decision that leaves standing a key ruling on poker winnings and Canadian income tax, and the real lesson it carries for […]
Camp Thunderbird Gate Fight And A 15-Year Lawsuit Over A Supposed Public Road
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminA locked gate at a kids’ camp sounds like a small-town nuisance until you trace it back to 1935 and forward to a trial date in 2027. We dig into a Greater Victoria dispute where companies say a historic public road, sometimes labelled Settlers Road or Glints Lake Road, should let them pass through […]
The Supreme Court Of Canada Just Opened A New Door To Sue Your Ex
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminA single Supreme Court of Canada decision can quietly change the ground rules for thousands of breakups and this one just did. We unpack the Court’s creation of a new tort tied to intimate partner violence, described in terms of coercive control and coercive and controlling conduct, and we dig into what that really […]
If Nobody Agreed Then Why Pay Anything
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminOne email reply can feel harmless until it turns into a $17,500 invoice. We start with a recruiter placement fee fight that asks a deceptively simple question: when do you actually have a contract? A law firm agrees to work with an external recruiter, receives resumes, interviews a candidate, and hires them, then gets […]
A Kickboxing Tragedy And The Cat Ate My Ticket
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminOne decision can change a life, and another can quietly lock you into a guilty plea. We start with a heartbreaking civil claim tied to a mixed martial arts tournament and a kickboxing bout that leaves a 26-year-old UBC chemistry graduate in a permanent vegetative state. Because the event took place in space owned […]
Lack of Jails Threatens Trials and BCNDP vs Constitutional Requirements
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminA court system can have the best rules on paper and still grind to a halt when there is nowhere to hold people. We start with a fresh BC Supreme Court practice direction aimed at a problem that’s been building quietly across the province: accused people denied bail in communities with no correctional facility […]
Secret Informant, Secret Court
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminA court decision appears online with almost everything blacked out: no registry, no lawyers, no location, no hearing date, and even the judge’s name is removed. All we’re left with is a disturbing question at the heart of Canadian criminal law: can someone become a confidential police informant without ever being clearly told they […]
Aboriginal Title On Nootka Island
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminA court can end up deciding the fate of an island by looking at the scars on cedar trees and counting the rings inside them. We dig into a new British Columbia Court of Appeal decision on Aboriginal title for Nootka Island off Vancouver Island, where the key legal question is what “sufficient use” […]