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BC Families in Transition. BC Hear the Child Society. Bridges for Woman Society. British Columbia Law Institute. Collaborative Family Law Group. Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C. Courthouse Libraries B.C. Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Government of British Columbia. Investors Group – Sergio Salina. Investors Group – Vesa Adler. JP Boyd’s BC Family Law Resource. Law Society of B.C. University of Victoria Faculty of Law. Victoria Women’s Transition House Society.

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Skip to main content. Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Forum canadien sur la justice civile. News and Views (1998 - 2009). Alberta Legal Services Mapping. Open Doors: Teaching and Learning Law for Justice. Annual Canadian Association of Law Teachers Conference (CALT). June 7-8, 2014. In June, CFCJ’s Nicole Aylwin. Travelled to Winnipeg to take part in the annual Canadian Association of Law Teachers Conference. CALT), Open Doors: Teaching and Learning Law for Justice. Canadian Research Institute for Law a...

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The Cost of Justice - About the Project | Canadian Forum on Civil Justice

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Skip to main content. Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Forum canadien sur la justice civile. News and Views (1998 - 2009). Alberta Legal Services Mapping. The Cost of Justice - About the Project. This research. by the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice will be essential in helping us understand the true extent of the problem of cost and how it impacts on the justice system. I believe that it will prove to be of great assistance to. identify concrete solutions to the problem of access to justice. College of ...

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JP Boyd on Family Law Blog by Collaborative Divorce Vancouver: November 2014

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Important Study on Views of the Child Reports: Call for Participants. A professor of social work at the University of Western Ontario. Is leading a project examining the experiences of lawyers and mental health professionals who prepare views of the child reports, together with Nick Bala. A professor of law at Queen's University. And the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family. Rachel Birnbaum, Ph.D, RSW, LL.M. University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. 800-265-4406, x 4431. This is your ...

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JP Boyd on Family Law Blog by Collaborative Divorce Vancouver: March 2015

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Family Law Agreements and Independent Legal Advice. A colleague recently asked a question about the custom of sending people for legal advice before they sign agreements and I realized that, in light of certain provisions of the new Family Law Act. A refresher on the topic might be helpful. Why it's important to get legal advice before signing an agreement. When people sign agreements about family law matters, lawyers always. Usually don't have an end-date and are meant to last forever;. The agreement is...

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JP Boyd on Family Law Blog by Collaborative Divorce Vancouver: Why the Family Law Act Should Be a Complete Code

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Why the Family Law Act Should Be a Complete Code. A fog of uncertainty and conflicting cases continues to trouble the new Family Law Act. The confusion is understandable, given that barely two years have elapsed since the act came fully into force and that the Court of Appeal has yet to pronounce upon the key areas of controversy, but nonetheless highlights critical access to justice issues that went unobserved and unnoticed under the previous legislative regime. In Remmem v Remmem. Is "intended to be a ...

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JP Boyd on Family Law Blog by Collaborative Divorce Vancouver: September 2014

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Rethinking Marriage: Beta marriages, renewable-term marriages and other interesting ideas. It will probably surprise no one to learn that the reason why marriage is presumed to be permanent in the Western world stems from the Catholic doctrine of the indissolubility of marriage. Shot from 59 for men and 61 for women in 1920 to 79 and 83 respectively in 2007, the notion of a single, life-long relationship takes on a somewhat more ominous aspect. In 2012, I was asked to provide a keynote speech on the futu...

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JP Boyd on Family Law Blog by Collaborative Divorce Vancouver: December 2014

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Provincial Court Releases Important Decision: Party can be ordered to pay legal fees resulting from party's misconduct. Just in time for the holidays, the Provincial Court of British Columbia. Has released a decision that is sure to bring much good cheer to those frustrated by a party's failure to make proper financial disclose. In T.J.B. v B.A.F. Under s. 21(1) of the Guidelines, by the way, someone who is applying for a support order must produce the following documents when his or her income is re...

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JP Boyd on Family Law Blog by Collaborative Divorce Vancouver: April 2015

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Two Great Conferences on Children and the Law: Save the Dates! Best Practices in Child Legal Representation Conference. 6, 7 and 8 May 2015. The Alberta Office of the Child and Youth Advocate. Sessions will draw on experts in the field — including me! I went to the OCYA's 2013 conference. And was thoroughly impressed by the quality of the programming and organization. The early bird conference fee is $399, after today the fee will be $425. For more details and to register, go to the conference webpage.

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JP Boyd on Family Law Blog by Collaborative Divorce Vancouver: Important Evaluation of Clicklaw's Wikibooks: Courthouse Libraries BC needs your help!

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Important Evaluation of Clicklaw's Wikibooks: Courthouse Libraries BC needs your help! Has just started an evaluation of its ever-expanding collection of wikibooks, maintained under CLBC's Clicklaw. Banner, and they need your input. Help CLBC out by visiting its Clicklaw Wikibooks. Page and checking out a title. A box will pop up asking to you to take a short survey, and the survey will load into that box when you're done with the wikibook. Wikibooks are websites built on the open-source MediaWiki. The s...