New edition of "Idiot Legal Arguments"

[fortinbras]

A thousand blessings upon you!!

[Demosthenes]

I have a hellish deadline at the end of the month, and will put it together after that.

[Arthur Rubin]

I have a hellish deadline at the end of the month, and will put it together after that.

Does this deadline, perhaps, have something to do with a book?

[fortinbras]

With reference to the Canadian decision of Meads v. Meads ....

A lengthy extract was posted in an Australian lawyer website:
http://mikiverselaw.blogspot.com/

The decision itself has 736 numbered paragraphs, which are probably the best way to pin cites, and Daniel Evan's Tax Protester FAQ is mentioned in ¶ 654 and Quatloos is mentioned in ¶ 655.

[Burnaby49]

With reference to the Canadian decision of Meads v. Meads ....

A lengthy extract was posted in an Australian lawyer website:
http://mikiverselaw.blogspot.com/

The decision itself has 736 numbered paragraphs, which are probably the best way to pin cites, and Daniel Evan's Tax Protester FAQ is mentioned in ¶ 654 and Quatloos is mentioned in ¶ 655.

And don't forget that Russell Porisky, my favorite Canadian tax scammer, is mentioned in paragraph 668(5);

5. How are these advisors different from the OPCA gurus who have been
unsuccessful and found themselves in jail? What did Porisky, Warman, and
Lindsay do wrong?

The judge also brings out the very relevant point that litigants in Canada don't get the free ride they get in the US where anyone can abuse the court system at no cost. To quote;

[665] I suggest you familiarize yourself with the concept of court cost awards. This Court has the authority to make these orders under Rules 10.28-10.33. These are amounts that a court may require an unsuccessful party pay the other litigants. Court costs have a variety of purposes, but generally are intended to offset the fiscal effect of a person being forced to appear in court without a valid legal reason. Rule 10.33 includes important factors that affect costs, as do the litigants’ duties and responsibilities that are listed in Rule 1.2: Paniccia Estate v. Toal, 2012 ABQB 11, at para. 115; Paniccia Estate v. Toal, 2012 ABQB 367 at para. 38. The ‘default’ scale of court costs varies with the amount in dispute: Rules, Schedule C.

[fortinbras]

Another copy of the pdf file of the Meads v. Meads decision is found at:

http://www2.albertacourts.ab.ca/jdb/200 ... 571ed1.pdf

Lovely decision. Covers lots of stuff. A Canadian equivalent (but much better organized) than my compilation.

[fortinbras]

On this Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful for my friends (and critics) at Quatloos.

Your wit, companionship, and attention will do much to enable me to go on in the month remaining before the Mayan Doomsday.

//Bernard

[fortinbras]

In a decision issued a month ago by the Illinois Court of Appeals .....

http://www.state.il.us/court/R23_Orders ... 66_R23.pdf

... Do you see anything interesting? (BIG HINT: concurring opinion, page 9, paragraph ¶ 27, last sentence).

Just couldn't keep it to myself.

[JamesVincent]

In a decision issued a month ago by the Illinois Court of Appeals .....

http://www.state.il.us/court/R23_Orders ... 66_R23.pdf

... Do you see anything interesting? (BIG HINT: concurring opinion, page 9, paragraph ¶ 27, last sentence).

Just couldn't keep it to myself.

Congratz, that mean you're big time now?

[notorial dissent]

My congratulations as well.

[Pottapaug1938]

... and mine!

[wserra]

Just couldn't keep it to myself.

So now a macher you are?

[Pottapaug1938]

A gantzer macher, perhaps?

[notorial dissent]

So when is the revised edition going to be available?

[Cathulhu]

Adding my own congrats. You be rockin'!

[Dr. Caligari]

Adding my own congrats. You be rockin'!

+1!

[Lowlander]

To repeat and memorialize the conversation we had FTF last evening, congratulations!

[iwethey]

Felicitations!

[Dr. Caligari]

Welcome to Quatloosia, iwethey.

[Burnaby49]

Welcome to Quatloosia, iwethey.

Looks like we've got a second Canadian contributor. The illustrious gentleman pictured in iwethey's avatar is John A. Macdonald, the first Canadian Prime Minister. Like my grandfather born in Glasgow. John A. ran Canada through an alcoholic haze from 1867 to 1873 then back for a second round in 1878 to 1891.