Stereo Decisis

On this episode of Stereo Decisis, Hilary Young and Robert Danay are joined by Professor Carys Craig (Osgoode Hall Law School) to discuss the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Keatley Surveying Ltd. v. Teranet Inc., 2019 SCC 43. The discussion touches on:

Vaver, David. “Copyright and the State in Canada and the United States” (1996), 10 I.P.J. 187; and

R. v. James Lorimer and Company Limited, [1984] 1 F.C. 1065; (1984), 77 C.P.R. (2d) 262; 180 N.R. 351 (C.A.).

The discussion also touched on the recent news story that the street artist Banksy has set up a homewares store in a suburb of London as part of an ongoing trademark dispute.

In obiter dicta, both Hilary and Carys discussed the recent passing of Professor Ian Kerr and some of the many tributes to him, including:

The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 24: A Tribute to Ian Kerr (Michael Geist); and

"Remembering Ian Kerr" Jotwell (September 26, 2019)

Carys also referred to the last paper authored by Professor Kerr before his passing, which she co-authored:

C. Craig and I. Kerr, "The Death of the AI Author" Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper (2019)

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On this long overdue episode of the podcast, Hilary Young, Oliver Pulleyblank and Robert Danay are joined by Professor Paul Daly of the University of Ottawa (and the influential Administrative Law Matters blog) to discuss the recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in Miller, R (on the application of) v The Prime Minister [2019] UKSC 41 (also known as the Case on Prorogation).

The discussion touched on a number of related cases on prorogation and the justiciability of perogative powers in Canada including:

Guergis v. Novak et al, 2012 ONSC 4579

Black v. Canada (Prime Minister), 2001 CanLII 8537 (ON CA)

Galati v. Canada (Governor General), [2015] 4 FCR 3

Hupacasath First Nation v. Canada (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada), 2015 FCA 4

The discussion also touched on the news media's coverage of Lady Hale (and her unusual brooches).

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On this episode of the podcast, Oliver Pulleyblank, Hilary Young and Robert Danay are joined by guest Jane Thomson to discuss a variety of topics that happen to relate to death. The first flows out of a recent case in which two parents were granted the right by a court to harvest the sperm of their deceased son for the purposes of creating a grandchild. The second involves a woman whose dying wish to have her dog euthanized and buried with her was granted by her estate's executor.

In obiter dicta, Hilary continues the death theme by discussing a recent Federal Court case in which damages in the amount of $20 million were awarded to members of a class action lawsuit against a company that reproduced obituaries on its website for profit without consent, Oliver discusses his tomato plants and his daughter, Rob discusses a recent case from Newfoundland in which a man was acquitted of very unusual child pornography charges and Jane discusses her affection for reality television.

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On this episode of the podcast, Hilary Young, Oliver Pulleyblank and Robert Danay discuss the recent decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal in 9147-0732 Québec inc v Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales, 2019 QCCA 373 in which a majority of the Court found that corporations enjoy protection against cruel and unusual punishment under s. 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Rob mentions an interesting blog post on the case by Leonid Sirota.

In obiter dicta, Oliver discusses his favourite spring beverage and issues a challenge to Hilary to identify the perfect spring beer.

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On this week's episode of the pod, Hilary Young, Robert Danay and Oliver Pulleyblank discuss:

In obiter dicta, Oliver discusses his recent trip to Palm Springs and Hilary unlocks some secret commands on Apple keyboards.

Rob's obiter, which is about a recent threat of litigation by a son against his parents for compensation due to the fact that he was born without his prior consent, is available exclusively to our Patreon supporters as a bonus segment.

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On this episode of the show Hilary Young, Oliver Pulleyblank and Robert Danay discuss the recent guilty plea to dangerous driving offences by the accused in the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash, the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Committee that the Indian Act discriminates against women and the decision of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Frank v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1.

In obiter dicta, Oliver talks about the upcoming release of new albums, Hilary talks about the appropriation of Justin Trudeau's likeness (and that of his family) by a Kentucky outfitter and Rob talks about Nike's new self-lacing shoes.

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On this week's episode of Stereo Decisis, the crew discuss the recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Vice Media Canada Inc., 2018 SCC 53 and Moore v. Sweet, 2018 SCC 52 as well as the federal government's recent announcement that it will introduce legislation devolving control over child welfare to Indigenous governments.

In obiter dicta, Oliver recommends Nanette, a genre-bending Netflix special, Hilary recommends her beer Advent calendar and Rob recommends a story in which Brett Favre was duped into recording a video in which he inadvertently declared his support for white supremacy.

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On this week's episode of stereo decisis, the crew discuss the decision of the European Court of Justice that tastes may not be copyrighted, Statistics Canada's controversial attempt at collecting Canadians' banking information and the Supreme Court of Canada's decision absolving Joseph Groia of law society disciplinary sanctions for uncivil conduct.

In obiter dicta Hilary talks about an upcoming Supreme Court of Canada case involving a woman who refused to hold the guardrail on an escalator in Montreal, Oliver recommends two interesting recently published novels and Rob talks about attending a concert by Record Club, Oliver's new band.

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On this week's episode of Stereo Decisis, Hilary Young, Oliver Pulleyblank and Robert Danay discuss some recent developments in the area of medical assistance in dying ("MAID") in Canada. The discussion is sparked by the case of Audrey Parker, who had terminal brain cancer and elected to die earlier than she wanted because she feared losing the capacity to consent to obtaining medical assistance right before her death, as is currently required under the applicable legislation.

The crew also follow up on the resolution of Emilie Taman's Twitter blocking lawsuit against Mayor Jim Watson, changes to the law governing the transfer of inmates to Indigenous healing lodges and the ruling of the European Court of Human rights approving of the application of an Austrian law prohibiting blasphemy to a case involving statements made about the Prophet Mohammed.

In obiter, Hilary discusses the sending of shoplifting demand letters, Oliver discusses the spotting of a possible alien space probe and Rob discusses requests for portraits of Queen Elizabeth that have been swamping federal Parliamentarians in Australia.

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On this week's episode of the show, Hilary Young and Robert Danay are joined by Professor Emmett MacFarlane to discuss the recent lawsuit by Emilie Taman and others in which they allege that the Mayor of Ottawa, Jim Watson, violated their constitutional free expression rights when he blocked them on Twitter. In so doing, they mention the excellent blog post on the topic by Benjamin Oliphant.

In obiter, Rob applies the Bechdel test to the new movie A Star is Born, starring Lady Gaga and also recommends the new podcast Thunder Bay, by Canadaland, Emmett talks about an amazing scene in the new season of the Netflix show Daredevil and Hilary talks about the anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard and the raising of the "straight pride" flag in Chipman, New Brunswick.

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