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16 Jan 2014, 4:00 am
Positive and Negative Rights The obligation to implement effective poverty or homelessness strategies has not yet been directly addressed by the Canadian courts. [read post]
3 Jan 2014, 10:45 am
Once again John Steele at Legal Ethics Forum has compiled his list of the top 10 ethics stories of 2013. [read post]
22 Dec 2013, 12:49 pm
The non-profit Canadian Forum on Access to Justice (CFCJ) has been publishing a monthly newsletter about Access to Justice since early 2013.This month's newsletter includes:an article on Reforming the Family Justice System: An Evidence-Based Approacha profile of one of the members of the Cost of Justice Research Allianceand a number of "stories from the road" (participation of CFCJ members in events and activities in different parts of… [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 4:00 am
The final report and four subcommittee reports on early stage resolution of civil justice problems, legal services, court simplification and family law are available on the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice website. [read post]
15 Nov 2013, 4:00 am
Work is an essential ingredient in the lives of most Canadians. [read post]
3 Nov 2013, 8:19 am
Readers of this blog and those others probably know that some member of the Conservative Party, or of the federal civil service, obtained opinions from leading scholars and jurists that the appointment of Justice Nadon is legal. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 3:25 pm
The non-profit Canadian Forum on Access to Justice (CFCJ) has been publishing a monthly newsletter about Access to Justice since early 2013.This month's newsletter features an item about a recent discussion on "The Cost of Evidence" at the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, a profile of one of the members of the CFCJ student research team, "stories from the road" (participation of CFCJ members in events and activities… [read post]
27 Oct 2013, 1:51 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013)Gobal civil society elements is gearing up for the upcoming 2013 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 4:00 am
In this spirit, I would l like to thank the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice for inviting me to write this post, and for its ongoing efforts to keep access to justice and system reform on the agenda across the country. [read post]
12 Sep 2013, 4:00 am
See also Canadian Bar Association, National Immigration Law Section, “Bill C-31: Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act” (April 2012), Brief submitted to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration at 2–4, 16–19, 22–23, online: The Canadian Bar Association <http://www.cba.org> [CBA, “Bill C-31 Brief”]; Canadian Council for Refugees, “Bill C31—Diminishing Refugee Protection” (April 2012),… [read post]
26 Jul 2013, 4:00 am
In a slightly different vein, this past March the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (the organization I work for) held a one-day policy workshop in the Yukon that drew together academics, legal experts and First Nations policy makers to begin exploring the question of how community led policy making could improve access to justice in the field of heritage. [read post]
9 Jul 2013, 4:30 am
And I in fact belong to two quite lively email lists, which more about below, and which got me thinking about the continuing value, particularly for lawyers, of this kind of "forum." [read post]
28 Jun 2013, 6:01 pm
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20 Jun 2013, 8:53 am
Currently, she is co-chairwoman of the CBA’s Women Lawyers Forum. [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 6:45 am
An EU Civil Society Platform against Trafficking in Human Beings [info] - Newly-launched forum for combating human trafficking. [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 7:19 am
”All four reports from the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters are available on the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice’s web site. [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 7:20 am
Each report deals with different aspects of civil and family justice, and is available on the website of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice: www.cfcj-fcjc.org/collaborations. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 4:00 am
Secondly, the more civilized comments centred on “What do those Indians want, anyway? [read post]
11 Apr 2013, 4:00 am
”[2] Woolley criticizes Canadian law societies for including civility in their professional conduct rules because its effect is to sanction professional criticism. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 1:15 pm
Other recipients include non-profit bodies covering areas such as aboriginal justice, victim support, domestic abuse and child protection.Lesley Jacobs, executive director of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, says: “The budget has significant implications for vulnerable groups. [read post]
