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Employers’ Rights to Require COVID-19 Vaccine in the Workplace
It is difficult to ascertain employers’ rights with respect to whether they can require their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine because we have not seen a public health crisis like COVID-19 before in living memory. Nonetheless, legal practitioners are using the influenza vaccine as a starting point. Since 2014, influenza has reportedly hospitalized 30…
Amended Stunt Driving, Racing Laws in Ontario
Moving Ontarians More Safely Act, 2021 came into force on July 1, 2021 and amended the following legislation: the Highway Traffic Act, 1990; Metrolinx Act, 2006; and Towing and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act, 2021. The most profound changes occurred to the Highway Traffic Act, 1990 (“HTA”) with respect to court-ordered license suspension, administrative license…
Social Media Photographs and Videos as Admissible Evidence: A Close Look at the R v Lugela Case
Written by Cherry Kim Are you aware that the photos and videos posted on social media could be admitted as evidence in criminal court? Canadian courts have made efforts to increase the usage, and by extension admissibility, of social media evidence thanks to the rapid digitalization of our society. Social media evidence has even made…
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Understanding the Differences Between Workplace Harassment and Poisoned Work Environment
Written by Mollie Sheptenko In his own commentary on the subject of this blog, David Doga, an employment lawyer specializing in workplace harassment, notes the terms “workplace harassment” and “poisoned work environment” (“PWE”) are used interchangeably within common speech; however, in the legal realm, the synonymizing of these terms is erroneous. They each have their…
Common Misconceptions about Landlords’ Maintenance Obligations
It is not uncommon for tenants to make an application with the Landlord and Tenant Board (the “LTB”) to determine whether their landlord has failed to maintain the rental unit in a good state of repair. This is largely due to the fact that the legislation surrounding maintenance obligations is vague. Section 20 (1) of…
Is Intoxication a Legal Defense?
Written by Debasmita Bhattacharya On June 3, 2020, the Ontario Court of Appeal declared that section 33.1 of the Criminal Code, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46 is unconstitutional, and from then on forth, null and void. Section 33.1 stated that while extreme intoxication may be a defence for an individual if the state of intoxication was…
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