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Author: Lloyd Duhaime Created: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 2:52 PM

A blog monitoring and deciphering legal and justice system news and providing honest, candid commentary thereon.


By Lloyd Duhaime on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:08 AM

What is with banning hand-held cell phone use while driving that's so difficult for law-makers? Maybe this will help: The Emperor has no clothes! The Emperor has no clothes!

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:34 AM

It only takes two psychiatrists to lock someone away. Birthday or not, here's enough to find ten.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:46 AM

We speaketh prematurely but the lovely knoll of ditching political correctness- sweeter sounding still as it rings from the home of the common law - has been heard and struck a beacon of light upon the shadow of law which naively wants to be all things to all cultures.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:52 AM

British Columbia experiences two shining examples of police inaction - either cowardice or stupidity - in less than nine months.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:14 PM

Envelope please! (Drum roll.) The award for pro bono works goes to ... John Doe, Esquire and Q.C. ..... because he has the highest rates to his paying clients and he can afford to charade as a poverty avenger!

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Saturday, April 19, 2008 9:42 AM

As we all march to our lemming-like demise upon the cliff of environmental disaster, a path of law back to safety may yet be found.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Monday, April 07, 2008 12:07 PM

The Provincial government's top law enforcement officer toys with not prosecuting polygamists and bigamists, anticipating a Charter ass-kicking in Court. If so, law is orphaned and we all suffer.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Thursday, March 27, 2008 5:47 AM

With sympathies to recovering European traffic victims and their families, and for the hospital food, the solution to your woes is simple. Three words; traffic law enforcement.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Saturday, March 15, 2008 11:36 AM

Much maligned since 1789, the bourgeois of France are back.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Thursday, March 06, 2008 6:10 AM

Gentlemen, dust off your armour and man your wigs.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:34 AM

Smut, crime and catch and release in the homeland of common law.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Monday, February 25, 2008 7:32 AM

Venture off your all-inclusive resort in Mexico and you'd better saddle 'up, partner (and bring a doggy bag and call your insurance broker .... )!

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:14 PM

A bored Canadian lawyer realizes how fascinating Mexico is ... and will be ....!

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Sunday, February 10, 2008 7:02 PM

The rise of sexsomnia as a defence to horrendous criminal acts continues unabated. Knocked down here and there, many are getting through including that of Jan Luedecke. Read More »

By Lloyd Duhaime on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:29 AM

The news is full of daily glimpses of the evolution of the law. You just need to open your eyes to it.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Monday, November 05, 2007 5:16 PM

Still no "eureka" moment on how to deal with killers. But as all wait for that communal mystical moment - as when Banting invented insulin - we agonize and finger-point, each thinking the other barbarous or ignorant on our disparate views on capital punishment.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Sunday, November 04, 2007 8:18 PM

Pakistan plays with fire as it declares that oxymoron, martial law.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Monday, October 29, 2007 8:33 PM

Helping children get clean water ... by polluting through plastic manufacture and transportation emissions.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Sunday, October 28, 2007 5:48 AM

Law-making in Quebec is never a boring affair. A snapshot of a day in the life of "Politic-ville" runs the gamut; what would be a crisis in any other province is just another day at the office in Quebec.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Sunday, October 28, 2007 5:43 AM

As Martin Brodeur, star ice hockey player, is discovering, seeking judicial relief comes with a heavy privacy price.

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Mark Cuban, the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks, like any client that talks to the press, helps himself hurt himself.

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Not so long ago, those with legal power (men) thought that giving women license to practice law would be a disservice to the "natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex.

Blogging To Death In The Name of Almighty God

In some Muslim countries, law blogging is a hazardous occupation.


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Unless otherwise noted, this article was written by Lloyd Duhaime, Barrister, Solicitor, Attorney and Lawyer (and Notary Public!). It is not intended to be legal advice and you would be foolhardy to rely on it in respect to any specific situation you or an acquaintance may be facing. In addition, the law changes rapidly and sometimes with little notice so from time to time, an article may not be up to date. Therefore, this is merely legal information designed to educate the reader. If you have a real situation, this information will serve as a good springboard to get legal advice from a lawyer.

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