Category Archives: Access to Justice
Cost Decision from Canadian Human Rights Commission Case: Implications for Albertans
PDF version: Cost Decision from Canadian Human Rights Commission Case: Implications for Albertans Decision considered: Canadian Human Rights Commission v Canada (AG), 2011 SCC 53 (“Mowat“) The Supreme Court of Canada’s (“SCC”) decision about costs in the Mowat case was … Continue reading
A New Concord Between Bar and Academy? The Governor General’s Speech to the Canadian Bar Association
PDF version: A New Concord Between Bar and Academy? The Governor General’s Speech to the Canadian Bar Association It is hardly an everyday occurrence for a viceroy to call publicly for a meeting with law deans to talk about legal … Continue reading
Unauthorized practice and access to justice
PDF version: Unauthorized practice and access to justice Case considered: Lameman v Alberta, 2011 ABQB 396 The Beaver Lake Cree Nation have commenced an action against the federal and provincial Crowns claiming that their treaty rights have been infringed by … Continue reading
No Advance Costs Awarded on Charter Application
PDF version: No Advance Costs Awarded on Charter Application Case considered: D.W.H. v D.J.R., 2011 ABQB 119 Mr. H. and Mr. R. lived together as partners and planned to have a baby through a surrogate mother. The baby lived with … Continue reading
French Language Rights in Alberta Get a Boost
PDF version: French Language Rights in Alberta Get a Boost Case considered: R v Pooran; R v Vaillant, 2011 ABPC 77 Significant consequences can arise from what might otherwise have appeared to be just another mundane case; in this instance, … Continue reading
