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PAGE 16 WillBuilder Tel: 416.322.6111 Toll-free: 1.866.367.7648 doprocess com ntitled-7 1 The FORMER SCC JUSTICE DIES Former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Charles Gonthier has passed away. "Charles Gonthier was an eminent and highly respected Canadian jurist," said Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, in a statement on behalf of the court. "His development of the notions of equity and good faith, particularly in the area of contract law, has benefited all Canadians. But Justice Gonthier's contributions ex- tended far beyond the court- room. His active dedication to the arts, and to issues such as sustainable development, demonstrated a unique inter- est in the welfare of both cur- rent and future generations. Members and employees of the court extend their deepest condolences to his family." Gonthier, who died in his hometown of Montreal on July 17, received his bachelor of civ- il law from McGill University before being called to the Que- bec bar in 1952. He went on to practise with Hackett Mul- vena & Laverty and Hugessen Macklaier Chisholm Smith & Davis, later called Laing Weldon Courtois Clarkson Parsons Gonthier & Tétrault. He then moved on to an appointment to the Quebec Superior Court in 1974, and was named to the Quebec Court of Appeal in 1988. He was appointed to the Supreme Court shortly after that, on Feb. 1, 1989. Gonthier served on the top court for 14 years, retiring in August 2003. Since then he worked as counsel at McCa- rthy Tétrault LLP, as chair- man of the board of governors of the Centre for Interna- tional Sustainable Develop- ment Law at McGill's law faculty, and as commissioner of the Communications Se- curity Establishment. Reinventing the Will www 1/26/09 3:38:37 PM Inside Story CASSELS FORMS SECURITIES ALLIANCE Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP has announced a new partnership with Sutton Boyce Gilkes Regulatory Consulting Group Inc. that will offer clients joint advice on compliance with new registration rules recently introduced by the Canadian Se- curities Administrators. Leading the charge at Cassels Brock is lawyer Peter Dunne, who heads the firm's registra- tion and compliance practice. The effort focuses on new rules in National Instrument 31-103. It affects investment dealers, mutual fund deal- ers, limited market dealers, portfolio managers, and vari- ous other players within the financial sector. "Recognizing the benefit of collaboration between service providers from different dis- ciplines, the registration and compliance alliance combines the capabilities of a law firm with the skills and experience of former senior regulators, industry participants, and ac- countants," read a statement from Cassels Brock and Sut- ton Boyce. It added that, "This combi- nation of legal, regulatory, in- dustry, and financial expertise does not exist anywhere else in Canada." FIRST MUSLIM LAWYER DIES A man the Canadian Society of Muslims calls the first law- yer of such decent in Canada has died. Syed Mumtaz Ali, who was president of the CSM, came to Toronto in 1960 and went on to receive his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1962. He is known for taking the lead in efforts to permit the use of Shariah law in Ontario. 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Contact us today at (888) 667-5151 or visit www.stewart.ca. www.lawtimesnews.com BIZARRE-BRIEF BANDIT GELNHAUSEN, Germany — A 46-year-old man has been nabbed by police for trying to steal three pairs of pants from a sports hall in the western Ger- man town of Gelnhausen. Police proceeded to search the man's home and made the ultimate discovery in bizarre briefs. The would-be-bandit had more than 1,000 pairs of underpants and more than 100 pairs of swimming trunks. The man claims the mas- sive collections of swimwear and unmentionables were pur- chased out of the backs of cars and off the Internet. "They were all evidently in use, but had been washed and neatly stacked away," a police spokesman said Monday. WHATEVER GETS YOUR MOTOR RUNNING PORT HOPE — A Mississau- ga man racing at more than 40 kilometres over the speed limit near Port Hope may have had a little more on his mind than the road. Police received a more-than- an-eyewitness report of a man speeding down Highway 401 while watching an X-rated movie on a mini DVD player. Police conducted a breatha- lyzer test and found the man ™ July 27/August 3, 2009 • lAw times Bizarre Briefs By Viola James was not over the limit for alco- hol consumption. The man was later charged with speeding and operating a motor vehicle with a visible television set. The Port Hope incident is not the only driving under the influence of porn charge since the advent of on-board DVD players. In 2004 a Schenectady, N.Y., man was pulled over af- ter the X-rated video he was watching was being shown not only on the passenger-side visor viewer, but also on the backs of each individual headrest, mak- ing the movie clearly visible to other drivers. APB: WANTED ONE MALE IN ORANGE JUMPSUIT TORONTO — Toronto police were scouring the city last week looking for an escapee from the Don Jail. They believed the man, awaiting trial for four counts of robbery, cleverly disguised himself as another prisoner, al- lowing him to walk free from the jail. Police first searched the Church St. and Wellesley St. E. area, before the man was found in the Rosedale Valley Park. MAKING LEMONS OUT OF LEMONADE HAVERFORD, Pa. — The long arm of the law has put an end, at least temporarily, to a door-to-door lemonade racket. Haverford Deputy Chief John Viola said an officer shut down a lemonade stand run by seven children, including three five-year-olds, because the young entrepreneurs were allegedly peddling their refresh- ments to residents by visiting their homes, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Viola said the lemonade stand visit by the officer was prompted by a call from a concerned neighbour. "We all sold lemonade when we were kids," Viola said. "We all went, like, who calls [police] on kids?" Unfortunately for the po- lice, the officer told the chil- dren they had to seize and desist their activities because they lacked a licence and were in contravention of a city ordi- nance. However, the ordinance only applies to those under the age of 16 years old and more police had to be dispatched to clear up the error. MEANWHILE . . . IN ITALY MILAN, Italy — While the U.S. is working on lemonade stands for children younger than 16, Italy is working on prohibiting alcohol to the same age group. In response to a growing juvenile alcohol consumption problem, Milan has become the first Italian city to bar those un- der the age of 16 from drinking. The juvenile prohibition may now be extended nation- wide, says Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. LT

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