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Page 20 April 14, 2014 • lAw Times www.lawtimesnews.com 10 JUDGES NAMED TO ONTARIO COURT Ten new judges will join the Ontario Court of Justice bench on April 16. e appointees include Farquhar- son Adamson & Affleck LLP se- nior partner John Adamson, Barr & O'Brien partner Bernard O'Brien, and assistant Crown attorneys Pamela Borghesan, Robert Wadden, and John Condon. Howard Ryan Kelford Knott & Dixon partner Richard Knott, McAuley & Partners lawyer Sarah Trach, Webber Schroeder Goldstein Abergel senior partner Matthew Webber, Crown attorney Marquis Felix, and Cath- erine McDonald, who has had her own private practice for the past nine years, round out the list of new judges. WOMAN WHO REPORTED BAD POT ARRESTED LUFKIN, Texas — If you're going to buy pot, it's a risky move to go to police complaining about the product you got from your dealer. It seems fairly obvious, but police say a Texas woman who complained to them that a drug dealer had sold her a bad batch of mari- juana that didn't pack much of a punch has now found herself under arrest. According to Reuters, Evelyn Hamilton, 37, also told police the dealer had refused to give her a refund. Police later released her on $500 bail for a drug paraphernalia charge. She had in her possession a bag with a small amount of pot, said Luin police Sgt. David Casper. Police haven't arrested the person Hamilton said was the dealer. "We had no actual link to them at the time," said Casper. A day aer her release, police took the wom- an into custody again, this time on a public in- toxication charge, Casper noted. She was allegedly yelling in the street when officers arrested her. MAN ON LAM GETS PLUM MUSEUM JOB PRAGUE — When it comes to fraud, Vladimir Prokop is obviously very good at what he does. Aer stealing from a church, police allege he es- caped jail and managed to get a plum job where he managed to take even more money. According to media reports, Prokop was on the run from prison when he got a job as a chief economist at a museum where he stole some 10 million Czech koruna (more than $500,000). Police came to arrest Prokop at his office at the National Agriculture Museum near the In- terior Ministry. He fled through the exhibition halls of the museum and then an emergency exit staircase before hailing a cab, television Nova reported. "He was an ordinary, even compliant man. Nobody thought he would turn out to be a world-class trickster," said museum spokesman Lubomir Marsik. According to Reuters, the money stolen amounts to roughly a third of the annual bud- get of the museum. Most of it was in plastic bags at Prokop's flat. Prokop got the job at the museum under a false identity aer presenting himself as a trained economist. He escaped last June from prison where he was serving time for embezzling 10 million Czech koruna from the Prague branch of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren where he managed its foreign donations, according to Czech news agency CTK. Maybe next time he leaves jail — either le- gally or via an escape — he'll want to keep a lower profile and stay away from the shady ac- tivities for a bit. JEALOUS LOVER TOSSES RATS INTO RIVAL'S HOME PHILADELPHIA — You have to give a woman who tossed rats into her rival's home credit for her innovation in expressing her jealousy. In this case, a woman seeking revenge on a romantic rival smashed the windows of her south Philadelphia home and dumped a box of live white rats inside, police said. "I'd have to say this is a first," said officer Christine O'Brien. In a long-running dispute over a man, the jealous lover and about eight other women friends used a baseball bat to break the glass and toss the rodents inside, police said. e gang also punched the 30-year-old victim, inflicting cuts and bruises, and stole her purse containing identification and about $200, police said. e victim was able to identify at least one of the attackers, who fled in a Chevy Lumina. 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Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP came in second place, followed by Stikeman Elliott LLP and Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Also in the top five was Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. "As Canada's most favoured law firm, Blakes' popularity is testament to its success in creat- ing a clear, differentiated offering built on practice areas directly relevant to the largest sectors of the Canadian economy," said Blakes in a press release. According to Elizabeth Duffy, vice president of Acritas US, the results are a sign of cli- ents favouring some firms over others due to the budgetary re- strictions they face. "e 2014 index points to the wider trends affecting the mar- ket. e budgetary restrictions that in-house counsel have been facing are becoming more evi- dent in the choices they are mak- ing about the firms they use." HEENAN LITIGATOR JOINS LERNERS Former Heenan Blaikie LLP senior commercial litigator An- gus McKinnon has joined Le- rners LLP's Toronto office, the law firm announced. McKinnon has worked on high profile cases like the Bre-X Minerals Ltd. matter and the Krever commission on Canada's blood system. "Angus has been trial and ap- pellate counsel on an impressive number of cases throughout his career and has appeared before all levels of the court in On- tario and before the Supreme Court of Canada," said Brian Grant, managing partner of Lerners' Toronto office. "We are thrilled to have him on board at Lerners." Lerners is "an ideal fit," said McKinnon. "Lerners LLP is comprised of well-respected and experienced lawyers, a number of whom I know and have practised with in the past," he said. "e firm is an ideal fit for what I was looking for; a region- al law firm concentrating on On- tario whose focus is high-quality litigation at an affordable cost platform." POLL RESULTS e results of the latest Law Times online poll are in. e majority of respondents believe the Law Society of Upper Canada should ac- credit Trinity Western Uni- versity's proposed law school despite its community covenant that includes a provision on ab- staining from "sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman." While critics argue accrediting the law school would promote systemic discrimination, 55 per cent of poll participants felt not doing so would impinge on reli- gious beliefs and freedoms. Con- vocation will decide on accredita- tion on April 24. LT "After the amendments to the Public Service Labour Relations Act, we can either go on strike or enter into arbitration. Depends on the guy with the whip." Robert Wadden

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