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4 Aug 2015, 4:00 am by Council of Canadian Law Deans
We give our students an excellent training in the Common or Civil Law (as we should). [read post]
14 Feb 2023, 3:59 am by Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
The justice gap is even greater in non-family civil matters.[2] The main difference compared with criminal and family law is that a very small proportion of people experiencing civil law problems make use of the formal justice system to deal with them. [read post]
29 Nov 2019, 4:00 am by Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
. _________________ (1) Ab Currie, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Fellow, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. [read post]
15 Mar 2015, 9:27 am by Omar Ha-Redeye
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ) has attempted to explore some of these costs outside of legal expenses in their Cost of Justice initiative, which has interviewed over 3000 people. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 6:06 am by David Canton
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the University of Ottawa’s Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic intervened. [read post]
21 Dec 2019, 6:42 am by Gordon Ahl
Frederica Saini Fasanotti considered the risks of escalation in the Libyan Civil War and how the United States ought to press harder for a ceasefire. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 6:14 pm by Brandon Kain
Facts of Van Breda and Charron The Supreme Court’s judgment in Van Breda dealt with a consolidated appeal from the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in two motions before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Club Resorts Ltd. v. [read post]
4 Sep 2015, 8:00 am by John-Paul Boyd
A version of this post was first published in the A2JBlog of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice on 28 March 2014. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 7:51 am by Brandon Kain
Such an approach hardly contributes to the “security of transactions with justice” sought in Van Breda (para. 74). [read post]
3 Nov 2013, 8:19 am by David Cheifetz
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]
12 Mar 2015, 5:33 am
The opinions of JUSTICE SCALIA and JUSTICE THOMAS offer substantial reasons why the Seminole Rock [deference] doctrine may be incorrect. [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 3:04 am
Section 1404(a) of Title 28 provides: "For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought. [read post]
19 Jan 2020, 6:42 pm by Omar Ha-Redeye
Justice Myers noted that civil proceedings are assumed to involve claims and judgments in personam (against a person), which is why “John Doe” placeholders are used until a defendant is identified. [read post]
31 Oct 2010, 11:00 am by Steve Matthews
The Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, the national forum for in-house legal counsel in Canada, released its 2010 In-House Counsel Compensation & Career Survey to its members. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 4:00 am by Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
The WellCoMS rural mobile van project demonstrated the potential for developing pathways to justice through community clinic – private bar referrals. [read post]
11 Apr 2013, 4:00 am by Guest Blogger
”[2] Woolley criticizes Canadian law societies for including civility in their professional conduct rules because its effect is to sanction professional criticism. [read post]
20 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Catherine Morris
“Some actors are trying to use this forum not to advance human rights, but to suppress them,” she notes. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 11:57 am
[Hochfelder] Former New York congressman and Pace Law School dean Richard Ottinger and wife rebuffed in what court deems SLAPP suit against commenter who criticized them on online forum; commenter says legal fees have cost him two years’ income [White Plains Journal-News, Westchester County; earlier] Amici in Massachusetts case endorse anti-SLAPP protection for staff of media and advocacy organizations [Citizen Media Law] “Canadian Court Rejects Defamation… [read post]
14 Oct 2019, 4:00 am by Guest Blogger
I’m not exaggerating: a recent study by the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice shows that nearly half of the population over 18 will face an issue requiring legal assistance in any given three-year period – an unjust firing, or divorce or child custody arrangements, or an illegal eviction, for example. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 4:00 am by Administrator
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]