Legal Humour News

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.British barristers have their wigs in a knot and having the time of their lives doing it at the Max Mosley trial in London, and arguing over sadomasochism.  Read Marcel’s blawg about this event in Das Boot.And speaking of Englishmen, July 11 has just marked the anniversary of the publication of Charles Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities”.  Enjoy Marcel’s take on this classic with A Far, Far Better Tale. All of this is in addition to a selection...

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.British authorities have denied Martha Stewart entry into the UK for a business trip.  As expected the authorities are most concerned about the best interest of the public.  Enjoy Marcel's blawg, Martha Stewart - No Tea For You, where you read about how banning Martha Stewart will protect England. And on the topic of honesty, have you ever noticed how many expressions there are for the term, "honesty."  And how many of these find their way into our...

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.Tim Hortons is in trouble again. Franchisees are suing the donut giant seeking class action certification claiming they are losing profits big time since TH made them switch from freshly baked donuts to frozen and microwave heated donuts.  Marcel sees a fresh class action about to happen, by consumers who suffer nervous shock on hearing the news about their favourite donuts being micro zapped.  Read all about it in his blawg, Class Donuts.Speaking of round objects, is...

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.Richard Roth is suing Delta Air Lines for ruining his family's vacation.  Roth says Delta had dealt with him arrogantly and rudely.   Although juires are fine, we miss that champion of the underdog,  the late Lord Denning, in dealing with cases like this.  Please enjoy Airline service? Call Iron Justiceman, where Marcel resurrects His Lordship to judge this case. As well develop more instant rapport with your clients by becoming multilingual.  It's not as hard as you may...

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.Last week was not a good week for Martin Mustapha. The Supreme Court of Canada tossed out his nervous shock case arising out of his seeing a dead fly floating around in his kitchen water cooler.  Marcel however has ideas how future claimants in similar circumstances could successfully pursue such claims.  Read his blawg, Mustapha v Culligan - Is the case as dead as the fly? And keeping on the topic of emotional damage,  have you noticed that...

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.A cataclysmic disaster was averted after Tim Hortons fired an employee of 3 years who gave a Timbit to a toddler, no charge. Read Marcel's blawg, Timbit Ouster for the entire story. Speaking of Miserable events, find out what happens when Jean Val Jean tries to evade paying GST. Its all reported in Victor Hugo Meets Revenue Canada. And of course we have our usual array of hot and weird stories with a legal twist. Odd or...

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.Have you noticed that hardly a day goes by without the media reporting on yet another one of criminal lawyer Edward Greenspan's high profile case?  Have you wondered whether Mr  Greenspan ever handles more minor cases than Conrad Black or Garth Drabinsky?  Then read  Marcel's Blawg, Where's Eddie, which follows Eddie Greenspan in a expired parking meter case.   And speaking of machines, are you all teched out?  Then check out, Technology 101- Back to the present.    This...

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.Marcel's blawg, Good Week, Bad Week, discusses a number of current legal events ranging from the guillotine to rectal exams.And have you wondered whether the Pillsbury Doughboy eventually got fed up getting tickled in every commercial?  Check out  Pillsbury Doughboy v. John and Jane Dough  to see what he has done about it. Finally, enjoy this week's feast of weird legal happenings from around the world. Odd or Amusing Legal Stories from the Past Week:Note - No implied...

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it. Do you find that people just are not owning up to their actions? Please read Marcel's blawg, Responsibility R Us,  for his take on this issue. There is hope.  And do you get the feeling that the technological obsessive compulsive geeks out there are constantly trying to radically change how you run your law office? Then you'll enjoy reading The Paper Office, containing Marcel's arguments on why we should resist these fanatics and make our grandparents proud. Finally,...

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it. Former Vancouver Canuck,Todd Bertuzzi who is being sued by Steve Moore for $38 million for assaulting him and ending his hockey career, has decided to drag his former coach into the case via a Third Party claim, saying it was all the coach's fault. Marcel suggests that Bertuzzi is not going far enough and that he should also add to the claim a list of other obvious culprits, such as the arena organ player.   Please enjoy Bertuzzi Shoots...Everywhere. Also...