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PAGE 16 WillBuilder Tel: 416.322.6111 Toll-free: 1.866.367.7648 doprocess com ntitled-2 1 The PROF MAKES LEAP INTO FIRM LIFE Professor Craig Brown of the University of Western Ontar- io Faculty of Law has joined Th omas Gold Pettingill LLP as counsel. Brown has been on the faculty of law at Western since 1977 and has never before been associated with a law fi rm. He will provide counsel at the fi rm in the areas of insurance policy interpretation and tort law. Brown, who co-authored Insurance Law in Canada with Th omas Gold Pettingill lawyer Tom Donnelly, has also served as a consultant to government, industry associations, and law- yers on matters related to insur- ance law. He will continue his practice of providing coverage analysis and expert witness opin- ions in matters pertaining to in- surance law, says the fi rm. LAWPRO SEEKS STUDENT PAPERS LawPRO is inviting Canadian law students to submit an essay for this year's TitlePLUS Essay contest. Th e submissions should be on a topic related to the current practice of real estate law, such as ethical issues, reform of law soci- ety rules or practising law in an electronic environment. Submis- sions will be reviewed by a panel of judges with the $3,000 prize to be awarded next spring. Th e contest deadline is March 31, 2010. Full contest rules are available at www.titleplus.ca. KRISHNA MAKES POWER LIST University of Ottawa law profes- sor and Borden Ladner Gervais LLP tax counsel, mediator, and arbitrator Vern Krishna is one of 30 people named and profi led on India Abroad's Power List 2009. India Abroad is the largest sell- ing newspaper in the South Asian community covering news, busi- ness, politics, and cultural aff airs. Krishna, also a Law Times col- umnist, is profi led on the Power Reinventing the Will www 2/2/09 10:53:45 AM Inside Story List in an article entitled "And justice for all." In it, he discusses the challenges that he faced early in his career and how he over- came them to go on to become the only South Asian professor of law in the country in 1975. EVENT PROMOTES LAW CAREERS FOR GIRLS Th e Ontario Justice Education Network partnered with the University of Toronto's LAWS program and the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund last week to off er an event for high school girls. Called Trailblazers: Meeting Women in Law, the program in- volved a day-long series of events to promote career options in the justice sector. Held last Tuesday, it began with the LEAF Persons Day breakfast that included an address from Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, the fi rst woman to chal- lenge the Indian Act for discrimi- natory treatment of aboriginal women who married non-aborig- inal men. As well, participants went on a tour of Osgoode Hall, had a lunch-and-learn session at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, visited law fi rms, and met with female lawyers and judges. Th e event is supported by the program partners, 12 major law fi rms, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and the Law Society of Upper Canada. LECTURE PONDERS ABELLA REPORT Th e Koskie Minsky University Lecture in Labour Law this week will refl ect on the Abella Com- mission's report on employment equity 25 years on. On Friday, Supreme Court of Canada Justice Rosalie Abella will off er her thoughts during the event at the Uni- versity of Western Ontario. For more information, visit www.law.uwo.ca/conferences/ labour/2009/index.html. LT For more Inside Story, please visit www.lawtimesnews.com SOBERING ARREST TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Taiwan- ese burglar has been nabbed thanks to a bewildering habit of celebrating his exploits with a drink. Agence France-Presse, quoting a Taipei district court spokesman, reported that a man identifi ed only as Chen committed a swath of residen- tial burglaries from 2006 to 2008. His booty included lap- tops and fl at-panel televisions. He may have gotten away with it if not for a tradition of enjoying a drink after the thefts, the spokesman said. Police tracked Chen through DNA he left behind on a wine glass and a can. He has since been sen- tenced to one year and 10 months in jail. THE NAKED BREWER SPRINGFIELD, Va. — A 29-year-old man says he didn't mean to expose his pri- vate parts to a woman and her young son while whipping up his morning brew at home at 5:30 a.m. "I'm by myself. So I come down here — the roommates are gone and it's my house," Sky News quoted Eric Williamson as stating in his defence. "I never had a conversation ™ OctOber 26, 2009 • Law times driving while disqualifi ed. Bizarre Briefs By Viola James with anyone, never saw any- one. Didn't cross my mind, came and got coff ee. I mean, if I stood and seemed comfort- able in my kitchen, possibly it's natural. It's my kitchen." Yet Williamson, the father of a fi ve-year-old girl, faces a misdemeanour charge. Th e charge comes with a punish- ment of up to a year in jail. CRASH CASH SCAM LONDON, England — A man is now serving more than four years in prison for staging dozens of car crashes to win insurance payouts of about £1.6 million. Reuters reported that 24-year-old Mohammed Patel charged other fraudsters £500 to stage crashes that allowed them to land an average of £17,000 in insurance payouts. Police said he worked the scheme at least 92 times be- tween 2005 and 2008. In each of the incidents, Patel convinced other drivers that they caused the crash. Th e scheme was uncov- ered after workers at an offi ce building became suspicious over a high volume of crashes at a nearby roundabout. Patel admitted to 17 charg- es including conspiracy to de- fraud, dangerous driving, and EARMUFFS, ANYONE? VANCOUVER, B.C. — Mounties are looking for help tracking down a bandit who is building his jewelry collection on the backs of unsuspecting women. Th ey said a man in Surrey, B.C., has attacked at least six women in the last couple of months by sneaking up from behind and snagging gold earrings clean off their ears, Th e Canadian Press has re- ported. None of the women, who range in age from 38 to 69, have been injured, said police. PUTTING FAKE CASH TO GOOD USE CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A man faces federal counterfeit- ing charges after allegedly us- ing fake money to pay for lap dances. USA Today reported that Rickey Kempter, 50, is ac- cused of producing $1,200 in phony $50 bills using his home printer. He allegedly used the fake cash to pay an exotic dancer he had hired at Cheyenne's Green Door Lounge. Th e alleged fraud was dis- covered by a cab driver who shuttled the pair to a motel, police said. Kempter had asked the cabbie to hold on to a roll of cash. LT Seen, heard, or been involved in a bizarre brief? Tell Viola James about it at viola.james@gmail. com. "So! 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