Legal Humour

Martha Stewart - No Tea For You

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:00:00 -0500

British immigration authorities have denied design and culinary guru Martha Stewart entry into England for a business trip. The reason cited for their decision is her American criminal record, wherein she was convicted a couple of years ago for some stock related activities and sentence to jail for 6 months. A UK Border Agency spokesperson commented, "We continue to oppose the entry to the UK of individuals where we believe their presence in the United Kingdom is not conducive to the public good or where they have been found guilty of serious criminal offences abroad."Now how in the world is

Legal Humour News - June 30, 2008

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:55:00 -0500

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

Class Donuts

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:00:00 -0500

Tim Hortons was in the news recently when a story surfaced about an employee getting fired for giving a toddler a freebie Timbit. Another story followed about a week plus long trial wherein an employee was suing for wrongful dismissal for allegedly stealing a toonie. And now here comes the big one. Franchisees are staring a class action for 1.95 billion dollars claiming that a couple of years ago, Tim Hortons made them switch from freshly oven baked donuts to frozen donuts which the franchisees heat up in expensive microwaves they were forced to buy. They claim their profit margins

Legal Humour News - June 16, 2008

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:05:00 -0500

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

Airline Service? Call Iron Justiceman

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:30:00 -0500

New York lawyer Richard Roth is suing Delta Air Lines for $1 million for damages for his family’s ruined vacation last Christmas. Due to delays in leaving New York, they missed the connecting flight in Atlanta to Buenos Aires and Delta would not readily put them on another flight. Roth had to wait three days in Atlanta before rebooking with another airline to Argentina. On top of that his luggage got delayed for five days and he lost about $21k for unused hotel bookings. Bravo Richard Roth. No doubt we all are finding airlines’ service and attitude getting increasingly atrocious.

Legal Humour News - June 2, 2008

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:55:00 -0500

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

Mustapha v Culligan - Is the Case as Dead as the Fly?

Mon, 26 May 2008 03:15:00 -0500

The Supreme Court of Canada recently tossed out Martin Mustapha’s fly in the Culligan water tank case. Mr. M, an Ottawa hairdresser, used to order Culligan spring water for his home use. One day in 2001 he noticed a dead fly floating around aimlessly in his water cooler. He apparently freaked out and suffered major psychological trauma including depression. He developed an aversion to water, avoiding drinking and showering. Mustapha sued Culligan and was successful. The trial judge awarded him over $300,000 in damages. Culligan appealed and the Ontario Court of Appeal said, “uh uh”, (not an uncommon legal maxim).

Due to Turbulence, Please Return to Your Toilet Seat

Mon, 26 May 2008 02:00:00 -0500

Gokhan Mutlu has little love for Jet Blue Airways. He is suing them. It seems he had a complimentary ticket on a flight from San Diego to New York. Due to a seat shortage, an hour and a half into the flight, the pilot demanded that Gokhan Mutlu relinquish his seat to a stewardess. Both had been flying complementary but the stewardess had been sitting on a swing seat reserved for fight attendants which seat she did not like. As seats were in such short supply, the pilot asked Gokhan to sit out the flight on the toilet. This seating

Legal Humour News - May 26, 2008

Sun, 25 May 2008 21:45:00 -0500

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

Timbit Ouster

Mon, 12 May 2008 02:40:00 -0500

Tim Hortons in London, Ontario, fired a three-year employee for cause. The reason? She gave a free Timbit to a baby sitting in a stroller. Give me a break. Timbits sell for about 16 cents (plus 5% GST). The employee Nicole Lilliman saw the toddler pointing to those tiny donut balls and she decided to give the kid one. Suddenly all hell broke loose and the outlet’s manager, no doubt following company rule # 432, ie., "causing the team to compromise its profit", promptly fired Nicole. The good news is that after an uproar in the media, 27 year old