Author: Tessa Crosby

by Tessa Crosby · Mar 11 , 2013

US Military Justice System on Trial: Federal Court overturns the decision of the Refugee Protection Division to Deny an American “Draft Dodger” refugee status in Tindungan v Canada, 2013 FC 115

Jules Guiniling Tindungan joined the US army as a young man suffering from financial troubles. After a 15 month deployment in Afghanistan, he deserted his unit upon return to the...

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by Tessa Crosby · Feb 11 , 2013

Province of Residence is not an Analogous Ground of Discrimination: comparatively stingy Quebec child support guidelines do not violate section 15 of the Charter in Droit de la famille – 139, 2013 QCCA 15

January 2013 saw two important family law decisions disappoint the hopes of Quebec women and mothers. The hotly anticipated Quebec v A, 2013 SCC 5 decision of the Supreme Court of...

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by Tessa Crosby · Jan 28 , 2013

The Yukon’s Open Entry Mining System Declared a Breach of the Duty to Consult with First Nations: Ross River Dena Council v Government of the Yukon 2012 YKCA 14

As Canada’s MPs return to the House of Commons today they will be greated by jingle dancers on Parliament Hill. The gathering is one of more than thirty to be...

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by Tessa Crosby · Nov 26 , 2012

Spencer v Riesberry: Ontario Court of Appeal Affirms the Nature of a Beneficiary’s Interest in a Trust and its Status Under the Family Law Act

The parties were married and lived in a home owned by the Spencer Family Realty Trust (“SFRT”), a discretionary trust of which Spencer was a beneficiary and trustee. When the...

Author: Tessa Crosby

US Military Justice System on Trial: Federal Court overturns the decision of the Refugee Protection Division to Deny an American “Draft Dodger” refugee status in Tindungan v Canada, 2013 FC 115

Province of Residence is not an Analogous Ground of Discrimination: comparatively stingy Quebec child support guidelines do not violate section 15 of the Charter in Droit de la famille – 139, 2013 QCCA 15

The Yukon’s Open Entry Mining System Declared a Breach of the Duty to Consult with First Nations: Ross River Dena Council v Government of the Yukon 2012 YKCA 14

Spencer v Riesberry: Ontario Court of Appeal Affirms the Nature of a Beneficiary’s Interest in a Trust and its Status Under the Family Law Act

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