Sean Sinclair Represents Media in Police Scanner Issue

by | Jul 16, 2019 | Media Law / Defamation, News, Sean M Sinclair

Media outlets in Saskatchewan no longer have access to Police One, the police radio scanner that allowed journalists to hear what is happening on the secure police channel.

Both Saskatoon and Regina police services say they have closed their scanner channels to media to comply with the Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation.  The problem lies in the sharing of personal information. Regina police Chief Evan Bray said information including names, addresses, dates of birth, past criminal charges and other pieces of personal information were shared on the dispatch channel.

Representing the media, Sean argues in today’s Saskatoon StarPhoenix that journalists provide an important service by alerting the public to potentially dangerous situations. “There is a huge public interest in ensuring that the media have access to that timely information so that they can alert the public to the issues that are occurring.”

Sean has done interviews with the CBC as well as the StarPhoenix.  The CBC news story can be read here.

 

 

Jared Epp Quoted in Canadian Lawyer

by | May 28, 2019 | Construction, Jared D Epp, News

In the May 2019 issue of Canadian Lawyer Marg Bruineman writes about the changes afoot in construction lien legislation across Canada.

In the article she talks about how the increasingly complicated construction projects have necessitated discussions around prompt payment and adjudication regimes.  Industry groups such as subcontractors and trades have been calling for legislative reform as money is slow to “cascade down the construction pyramid” when claims choke the cashflow of a project.

In the article, Jared Epp gives his take on the current situation in Saskatchewan:

Saskatchewan, like Ontario, is conceiving of a very broad adjudication regime as part of this new legislation and it would allow a lot of the interim disputes and disputes before the project is completed to to put in front of someone, probably from someone in industry, just to make some sort of a decision.  There are still quite a few disputes in construction projects that wind their way through the courts, but there’s really no need for them to go that way.  In a lot of cases, parties simply need someone to make a decision.

Exciting times in the construction industry!

 

2019 Lexpert Leading Lawyers

by | May 6, 2019 | Christopher J H Donald, Gary D Young, Leslie W Prosser, Melvin A Gerspacher, News, Scott D Waters

Robertson Stromberg is pleased to announce that Christopher Donald, Melvin Gerspacher, Leslie Prosser, Scott Waters, and Gary Young have all been listed as leading practitioners in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for 2019, a guide based on extensive peer surveys in the Canadian legal community.

Christopher Donald, QC, Melvin Gerspacher, QC, Leslie Prosser, QC, and Scott Waters are all repeatedly recommended lawyers in the area of Corporate Commercial Law.

Gary Young, QC is a repeatedly recommended lawyer in the area of Commercial Insurance Litigation.

Congratulations to our Lexpert Leading Lawyers.

 

Candice Grant’s Volunteer Work featured in the Green and White

by | May 2, 2019 | Candice D Grant, News

The University of Saskatchewan’s alumni newsletter The Green and White has a regular feature called “Volunteer Highlight”.  The current issue spotlights the work of Candice Grant and the many and varied volunteer organizations she has been involved with since her early days as a student at the University of Saskatchewan.

Although busy with her practice and family, Candice has committed time to work with Saskatoon organizations like Big Brothers and Big Sisters, the community gardens and collective kitchen programs, and Dundonald School community council.  She has chaired the board of trustees for the Saskatoon Public Library and the board of directors for CHEP Good Food Inc. Candice was also appointed by the Government of Saskatchewan to serve a term on the Meewasin Valley appeal board.

Jenn Pereira Appointed Chair of TCU Place Board of Directors

by | Apr 30, 2019 | Jennifer D Pereira, News

Jenn Pereira continues to share her time and talents with the community.  On April 25th, 2019 she was appointed Chair of the Board of Directors for TCU Place.

TCU Place is Saskatoon’s premier convention centre specializing in conferences, gala banquets and tradeshows.  Within the convention centre, the Sid Buckwold Theatre is home to the Saskatoon Symphony and has hosted many Broadway productions and major arts performances.

 

James Steele’s Insurance Article Cited in BCCA Decision

by | Apr 24, 2019 | James D Steele, News

A recent British Columbia Court of Appeal decision (West Van Holdings Ltd. v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company) cited an article written by associate lawyer James Steele.

“Deterrence not damages: the punitive rationale for solicitor-client costs” was published in the January 2018 issue of Canadian Journal of Insurance Law.  The reference in the decision to the article appears as:

105      The special nature of insurance contracts however does not justify the creation of a different costs regime governing all insurance claimants. This question was canvassed at some length in a recent article in the Canadian Journal of Insurance Law: James Steele, “Deterrence not Damages: the Punitive Rationale for Solicitor-Client Costs” (2018) 36 Can J Ins L 1. As detailed by Mr. Steele, there is no principled reason why a different scale of costs should apply to insureds who successfully enforce a contractual obligation than any other litigant who is forced to bring an action in order to obtain relief. Many such plaintiffs are surely as sympathetic. Why, for example, should an insured receive a full or near indemnity while the plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit finds the award eroded because he or she is only entitled to a partial indemnity.

 

 

 

 

 

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