Category Archives: Access to Justice
Family Justice 3.5: Fostering a Settlement-Oriented Legal Culture
By: John-Paul Boyd PDF Version: Family Justice 3.5: Fostering a Settlement-Oriented Legal Culture This is the note on rethinking our approach to family justice that I never thought I’d find myself writing, and as a result I need to begin … Continue reading
A Remarkable, Plain Language Judgment from the Ontario Court of Justice
By: John-Paul Boyd PDF Version: A Remarkable, Plain Language Judgment from the Ontario Court of Justice Case Commented On: R v Armitage, 2015 ONCJ 64 (CanLII) A few weeks ago, Mr. Justice Nakatsuru of the Ontario Court of Justice released a remarkable … Continue reading
A Vexatious Litigant After Only Two Applications
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: A Vexatious Litigant After Only Two Applications in One Proceeding Case Commented On: Re FJR (Dependent Adult), 2015 ABQB 112 (CanLII) Although the Alberta law giving the courts more power to deal with “vexatious … Continue reading
A Constitutional Right to Free Transcripts?
By: Sarah Burton PDF Version: A Constitutional Right to Free Transcripts? Case Commented On: Taylor v St. Denis, 2015 SKCA 1 Last fall, the Supreme Court of Canada found a hearing fee scheme unconstitutional because it prevented people from accessing … Continue reading
The Website of the Alberta Courts
By: Nigel Bankes, Jennifer Koshan, and Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: The Website of the Alberta Courts Matter Commented On: The Alberta Courts’ website This post deals with Court websites. We are posting it now because all three Alberta Courts … Continue reading
