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One Great Case
A podcast about law to learn more about people. Every episode goes behind the scenes of a case with the lawyer who argued it, and sometimes the judge who decided it. You may ask, what makes for a great case? It might be novel, it might move the needle on a point of law, it might be shocking, or frivolous, or high profile. Maybe you’ve heard of it, maybe you haven’t. But behind each case are the people who drive it. And that’s who we find continually fascinating, because at the end of the day…
Episodes
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Short-Term Rental (STR) Regulation: Tiny Township’s Contentious STR By-Law
Short term rentals (STRs) have put residents and investors at odds all over Canada, but Tiny Township in Ontario recently took center stage. The Court of…
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The Prolific Decision on Privacy in Sexual Assault Cases w/Anna Matas
How much privacy is too much? The Court of Appeal recently granted a motion, in part, that will be the standard for sexual assault cases, using the Sherman…
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Can Historic Family Law Obligations Continue to Have Consequences After Death?
Can historic family law obligations continue to have consequences after death through Part V of the Succession Law Reform Act? A recent case touched on that…
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The Dog Walker Who Was Attacked and Legally Treated as the Owner w/ Shane Katz
What happens when the law defines a dog owner more broadly than most people realize? Under Ontario’s Dog Owners’ Liability Act, a person may be treated as a…
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The Groundbreaking Tort That Recognized Intimate Partner Violence w/ Joanna Radbord
For decades, family lawyers have represented clients whose abuse was not defined by one isolated incident, but by a pattern of control: financial abuse…
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When Online Trolls Target a Community: How the Law Responds w/ Doug Judson
On paper, defamation law looks simple: a false statement is published, a reputation is harmed, and the courts step in to address the damage. The internet has…
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Chiang (Trustee of) v. Chiang: The Dark Side of Civil Contempt w/ Tom Curry
We like to believe that contempt of court is simple: you break the rules, face the consequences, and if you comply, you earn your way back out. The law, we…
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Nuremberg Revisited: When Evil Was Obvious but the Law Wasn’t w/ David Parry
We tend to think of history’s great atrocities as moral failures that are obvious in hindsight. Evil acts, evil people, and clear lines between right and…
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Ritualistic Repetition or Genuine Intent? Inside a Stunning Undue Influence Case w/ David Delagran & Justice Gilmore
Most people imagine undue influence as overt manipulation: a domineering child, a vulnerable parent, and a will that suddenly changes. But the reality, undue…
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Exploitation at the Ballet: The Case That Redefined Justice in Canada w/ Gillian Hnatiw
When we think of ballet, we think of grace, discipline, and the pursuit of perfection, not precedent-setting litigation. But within the walls of elite ballet…
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The Strategy That Turned Two Lost Properties into a Mortgage-Free Victory w/ Neil Colville-Reeves
On paper, SEPUSAC v. 9706151 Canada Limited seemed like a routine mortgage enforcement dispute. A borrower defaulted, the lender sold the properties, and the…
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Inside John Campion's Winning Strategy for the Biggest Mining Case in History
Long before the lawsuits, there was the story that captivated the world. Bre-X Minerals, a penny stock based in Calgary, claimed to have discovered the largest…
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Red Flags Everywhere…Even as Investors Poured Billions into Bre-X
A gold discovery that never was. Billions in market value wiped out. Investors are demanding answers, and banks are facing claims that could shake confidence…
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A podcast about law to learn more about people. Every episode goes behind the scenes of a case with the lawyer who argued it, and sometimes the judge who…