# Can Law Blog ## Posts - [British Columbia Supreme Court Awards Damages in Defamation and Trespass Case: Sauck v. Carr](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2024/01/24/british-columbia-supreme-court-awards-damages-in-defamation-and-trespass-case-sauck-v-carr/): The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently made headlines with a compelling case of defamation and trespass involving a series of online attacks and physical property damage. - [Liability of Cities In Canada](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2021/10/21/liability-of-cities-in-canada/): Cities in Canada can be held liable for negligence claims, even if the injuries result from policy decisions. - [Criminal Law Resources](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2020/07/04/criminal-law-resources/): The 1867 Constitution Act divides the authority to make criminal laws and the authority to investigate and prosecute crimes. - [Judges may sanction lawyers for overreaching in the US](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2017/09/04/judges-may-sanction-lawyers-overreaching-us/): (a) Signature. Every pleading, written motion, and other paper must be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney's name—or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented. - [Conflict of Interest and Independent Legal Advice](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2017/09/04/conflict-of-interest/): Conflict of Interest arises when our interest conflicts with another’s to whom we owe a duty. - [Unlawful assembly while wearing a mask or other disguise](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2017/08/21/unlawful-assembly-wearing-mask-disguise/): Unlawful assembly while wearing a mask or other disguise is a criminal offence in Canada, under section 66(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada. - [Can family represent you in court?](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2017/08/12/can-family-represent-court/): The PEI Court of Appeal answered the question about whether can family represent you in court in Ayangma v. Charlottetown (City) et al., 2017 PECA 15. - [File a defence or bring a motion to dismiss a SLAPP case?](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2017/07/30/file-defence-bring-motion-dismiss-slapp-case/): Do I file a defence or bring a motion to dismiss a SLAPP case? - [Candor](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2017/07/07/candor/): Police officers and lawyers both have a duty of candor to a court, whether they are testifying under oath or not. This applies in Canada and the USA. - [RCMP applicant arrested for being too honest](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2017/07/07/rcmp-applicant-arrested-honest/): It is important that all RCMP officers display candor when completing forms and testifying. - [Equustek worldwide injunction against Google](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2017/06/29/scc-upholds-equustek-worldwide-injunction-google/): Google lost its appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada on June 28, 2017. The case is called Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions Inc., et al. - [Douglas Garland trial: killed an inventor and his wife and grandson](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2017/01/17/douglas-garland-trial-for-killing-an-inventor/): Prosecutors told a Calgary court that Douglas Garland killed a Calgary couple and grandson over a "petty grudge," over a patent dispute and burned their bodies in a barrel after killing them. - [Windsor (City) v. Canadian Transit Co. 2016 SCC 54](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2016/12/08/windsor-city-v-canadian-transit-co-2016-scc-54/): The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Federal Court does not have inherent jurisdiction: To decide whether the Federal Court has jurisdiction over a claim, it is necessary to determine the essential nature or character of that claim. - [Federal Court of Canada does not have inherent jurisdiction](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2016/12/08/federal-court-of-canada-does-not-have-inherent-jurisdiction/): The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Federal Court does not have inherent jurisdiction: To decide whether the Federal Court has jurisdiction over a claim, it is necessary to determine the essential nature or character of that claim. - [eBay auction for Nike Foamposite shoes](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2016/10/05/ebay-auction-for-nike-foamposite-shoes/): eBay cancelled an auction for a pair of Nike Foamposite shoes when the top bid reached $98,000 CAD. - [Federal Court of Appeal Ignores the Rule of Law](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/2016/04/04/federal-court-of-appeal-ignores-the-rule-of-law/): The Federal Court did not follow the Ontario Property and Civil Rights Act in a dispute over the michaels.ca domain name. ## Pages - [Sample Page](https://canlawblog.com/index.php/sample-page/): This is an example page. 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