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National Bank of Canada v. Retail Clerks' International Union, [1984] 1 S.C.R. 269 at 290-96, Beetz J. [Re. Labour Relations Board making the Bank take the $144,000 it saved by (illegally) closing a newly unionized branch and put it into a trust fund for the union]

"This type of penalty is totalitarian and as such alien to the tradition of free nations like Canada, even for the repression of the most serious crimes."

Alien to the tradition of free nations, even for the repression of the most serious crimes. Wow. Cool.

Date: 2005-12-08 05:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bandgeek.livejournal.com
*snicker*

When I'm a lawyer, I'm going to have a big bag of overdramatic words, and for my closing arguments, I'm just going to draw words and say them in the order they come out.

Date: 2005-12-08 07:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ciroccoj.livejournal.com
LOL!!

"And lastly, ladies and gentlemen, unconsciounable colourable misrepresentation contentious equivocative mendaciousness! I rest my case!"

Date: 2005-12-09 10:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bandgeek.livejournal.com
ROFL ...

I can only hope that my place of employment this summer (a law office) will have as great a sense of humor ...

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