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good fences), the boundaries would have been clear and everyone would be
certain of their obligations (remaining, in the end, ‘good neighbours’)”.
Craig A. Ferris, Q.C., was recently recognized by Canadian Lawyer Magazine
as one of the “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers” in Canada for 2021 in
the business category.
“Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly located Brooklyn in
the Canadian province of Quebec. It is in New York.”—The Washington Post
Climate Change? Over the last few months, the province has invoked the
authority of the Water Sustainability Act to restrict the use of water from
each of Bessette Creek, the West Kettle River, the Salmon River and the Koksilah
River to protect the survival of the fish populations.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (composed of Frost fans)
invoked the poet’s name in Scribner v. Summers, 84 F.3d 554 (1996), an
appeal from a decision of the district court that had found that the Scribners
(onto whose property barium from the defendants’ property had migrated)
had not proven common law causes of action, under New York law, for strict
liability, trespass or private nuisance. The court noted: “Robert Frost counseled
that ‘good fences make good neighbors.’ … Alas, if only Mr. Frost had
fashioned a solution to migrating barium. The decision of the district court
is REVERSED and REMANDED for a determination of damages.”
In California, “The Governor shall annually proclaim the date corresponding
with the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the third
new moon following the winter solstice should an intercalary month intervene,
as the Lunar New Year”: California Govt. Code, § 6730 (2020).
Under the authority of the Expropriation Act, Susan E. Ross was appointed
as an inquiry officer in respect of the notice of request for inquiry received
from 0926342 B.C. Ltd. for described land in the New Westminster District,
while V. Nerys Poole was appointed as an inquiry officer in respect of a proposed
expropriation from Martin O’Brien of land in the Similkameen Division
Yale District.
In Klafta v. Smith, 17 Utah 2d 65 (1965), the Supreme Court of Utah considered
a case in which the plaintiff had “sued for injuries suffered when her
son’s car, in which she was riding, collided with a cow which had fallen on
the highway from the defendant’s truck”. The court noted: “It will be