The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a 5-4 decision yesterday that section 10(b) of the Canadian Charter-which guarantees the right to counsel-does not include the right to further consultation with legal counsel during the course of police investigation.
The ABA Journal reports that a jobless law grad is glad that he went to law school. That this is even worthy of a headline is depressing in the extreme.
In more relevant law hiring news, Lawyers Weekly columnist Omar Ha-Redeye discusses the very real issues mature students have finding articling placements.
A Windsor cab-driver is suing the City of Windsor for $2 million for failing to enforce a city by-law that required cabs to have security cameras installed.
If you missed Ipso Facto this week, check out our G20 episode over at CJAM.
And since it's a long weekend, we'll leave you on an uplifting note. Johnny Depp showed up at a London, England elementary school in character as Captain Jack Sparrow after one of the students requested he come and help mutiny against the teachers. I wrote my own letter to Johnny Depp that goes "Dear Johnny, please whisk me away to France with you!" I expect him to respond any day now.
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