Dalhousie Dentistry program grapples with privacy verses sexual harassment A prestigious Canadian University is in the grips of a media firestorm, scrutinized for its handling of the insensitive and hateful comments of a group of students. What is going on at Dalhousie University, and what is at stake? What Happened? On…
On January 16, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will make a decision on the validity of same-sex marriages across the country. Reuters reports, “The court said it will decide two questions:Whether states must allow same-sex couples to marry and whether states must recognize same-sex marriages that take…
A woman’s journal is open and she has drawn a picture of a dollar sign, as she thinks about how she is going to afford her legal fees.
Court Finds Unfair Spousal Support Agreement To Continue The importance of properly drafting, and reviewing, mediated separation agreements was highlighted in a Supreme Court divorce case this week. Justice E.A. Arnold-Baily upheld a husband’s obligation to pay spousal support, despite the fact that his ex-wife won a $124,000 personal…
England is considering placing “revenge porn” behaviours within the scope of domestic abuse charges, in part to encourage longer sentences for convicted abusers. Revenge porn is described as the practice of distributing sexually explicit images without the individual’s consent. In many cases this involves ex-partners sending sexually explicit images to…