Amusing Counsel

Inspired by a pre-election conversation we had with a friend, we decided to delve into some of the organizing details of our parliaments. High school civics for all!

The venerable pillars of employment law - the Bardal factors! What are they, what do they mean, and why do we have them at all? Answers to these questions and more inside.

A guided tour through the rules of professional conduct for all lawyers in Ontario. It's way more fun than it sounds.

In terms of narrative punch, it's hard to beat the Star Trek classic "Does this thing have rights?" episode. But when you take them as a whole, it kind of tells a story the Federation might not want you to hear...

Although the legal community has been wrestling with and working on the definition and meaning of consent since the 1980's (at least!), the concept hasn't really had a lot of cultural currency until the beginning of the #MeToo movement. In Ontario, the issue has come up as well in the context of the scrapped health and sex education curriculum, which did include education on the topic. Some of our listeners have asked what removing that topic might really mean, and we offer some thoughts on the topic.