The separate legal personality of the corporation as distinct from its shareholders has been a corner stone of corporate law since the landmark decision of Salomon v. Salomon, [1897] AC 22. Canadian courts have consistently held that a corporation is a distinct legal entity from its shareholders who are not liable for the acts of the corporation. However, over the last ...
The use of confidential sources by journalists – a topic first sensationalized when Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein broke the Watergate scandal – has remained a vexed issue for courts and legislatures ever since. In R. v. National Post, 2010 SCC 16, the Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled against a constitutional right to protect ...
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