Determine the potential defendants and set out their defences by explaining the legal rules that apply and thenapply them to the facts. 

True or False: The federal government can pass laws regulating municipalities 2. Which of the following are exclusively within the jurisdiction of provinces?    Navigation and Shipping;  Property and Civil Rights;  Municipal Institutions;  Indians and Lands Reserved for Indians; a) and c); b)and c); 3. What section of the Planning Act defines matters of provincial interest […]

The well known Haunted Hotel features actors in ghoulish costumes who frighten, startle and sometimes chase patrons amid loud noises and flashing strobe lights in a one-mile loop in Balboa Park. Patrons follow a narrow trail in the natural park setting, passing from one horror set to the next, each telling a different gruesome story. […]

What types of things would not be discoverable in a civil case? What is the theory behind not allowing certain forms of discovery? In denying a discovery request, could the court prejudice one side or the other from obtaining valuable information?

Using two (2) decided cases, briefly distinguish between an ‘Offer’ and an ‘Invitation to Treat.’

SCENARIO 1 You learn “through the grapevine” that an elderly woman who has lived on your block for 50 years is in foreclosure. You visit her and learn that she owned the house free and clear until a few years ago when she took out a mortgage to pay for her late husband’s medical bills […]

Nature of assignment: You are unlikely to be asked to draft proposed legislation very often, but having gone through the exercise is a good way to sharpen your sensitivity to possible errors and omissions in proposed legislation drafted by others. Accordingly, this Short Paper assignment asks you to draft a bill to address the following […]

Tracey and Peter were married for fourteen years and had two daughters, Debra (12), and Diana (8). The marriage was turbulent with many arguments often accompanied by incidents of physical confrontations between the parents in front of the children. The parents were unable to agree on virtually anything involving the children. Although Peter was close […]

Marlena Huffington is an up-and-coming Hollywood starlet. She met Gabriel Antone on the set of her first movie. He was an “extra.” They fell in love almost immediately and moved-in together. Marlena found out that she was pregnant, so the two got married. A son was born. Her career started to flame; his sparks went […]

Late in December, Mark, a United States embassy employee, moved from Germany to Maryland along with his family. He purchased a single-family house in Rockville. The real estate agent informed Mark that he had to replace the furnace. Mark looked online for a furnace and found a cost-effective Energy Star gas furnace he liked at […]