Greg Allen

Co-creator of three children and Big fan of @uncommonjasmine. Director @collingwoodnh. I was told we’d cruise the seas for American gold. He/Him.

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

The National Mobility Agreement seems like a great idea until you're on the phone with a Toronto-based lawyer running a BC litigation file who pronounces Chilliwack as "Chee-Lee-Wok".

[Andy @AndyInkster]

This is a difficult moment for me professionally, and I am asking for your help: my articling principal has decided to close her sole proprietorship, and join a partnership. They do not need an articling student, so I have been dismissed, effective immediately.

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

The greatest law school class in the history of the common law (UVic, 2007) has its first judge. Lucky PCJ will be a credit to the bench as he was a credit to the bar. ����👏👏

cc @JSLLawFirm

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

@adamgoldenberg Nelson v Marchi.

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

@JOpolsky I’ve been pretty quiet lately because I find everything about this platform very depressing. I’m technically on threads but haven’t actually done anything on that platform.

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

This is pretty slick, but if you need video tricks to convince you that women’s soccer is as exciting or skilled as men’s soccer, I don’t know what to tell you.

14 days until Canada-Nigeria!!!

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

Quiet moment with my six year old. He hugs me and leans close. Then says, directly into my ear, at the absolute top of his lungs:

“I’M GOING TO BE SAD WHEN YOU DIE. I’M GOING TO WRITE ‘BEST DAD EVER’ ON YOUR GRAVE.”

…thanks???

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

Happy Canada Day. HBC rompers for all.

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

@gilliancalder @UVicLaw Congrats!! You were always a full professor in my heart.

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

@Patmeister

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

@adamgoldenberg This alone should get you a KC.

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

In this house we use Oxford commas.

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

@boyreporter @TheTLG @j_mcelroy @whitneylwood @tessamatsuzaki @caitlinjhayes

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

@TheTLG @j_mcelroy @whitneylwood @tessamatsuzaki @caitlinjhayes @boyreporter What is: Justin forgetting his roots?

[Stephen Cook @stephencooked]

This story is being used to spread misinformation and deny the horror of residential schools. As the author, I wanted to express my disappointment at this and offer some notes.🧵1/7

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

@PaulErikVeel Framing. You get a big bowl of fact spaghetti from someone, and it’s your job to make it orderly and figure out the three or four things that really matter in order to prove your case. It’s a different puzzle every time.

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

Courage. It couldn't come at a worse time.

[Vancouver Canucks @Canucks]

🚨 TRADE ALERT 🚨 #Canucks acquire defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson and forward Conor Garland from the Arizona Coyotes.

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#CanucksDraft | @ToyotaPacific

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

This thread is spot on.

In 15 years, I have never given a single thought to what government may have appointed the judge before whom I am appearing. Our independent and non-partisan judiciary is something to be celebrated.

[Sarah @rankinovitch]

We're 10+ years into Canada's paper of record trying to advance the idea that partisan politics maps onto legal decision-making. When there's pushback from people who work in law, it's dismissed as a collective refusal to accept the truth. It makes me think of Nietzche on

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

@petersankoff She’s an excellent judge and certainly has the criminal expertise the Court needs. I also have no idea if she is bilingual.

[Greg Allen @gregjlallen]

This is tough but fair.

[Del @TheCartelDel]

There's a new trend in China where people make and eat spiceless "white people lunch", as form of self torture.

And their commentary has me crying 😭