Category Archives: Access to Justice
Ordinary Self-Represented Litigant or Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument Litigant?
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Ordinary Self-Represented Litigant or Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument Litigant? Case commented on: Alberta v Greter, 2016 ABQB 293 (CanLII) The September 2012 decision of Meads v Meads, 2012 ABQB 571, established a continuum of litigants, … Continue reading
Supporting the Unrepresented: Case Management of Self-Represented Litigants
By: Alena Storton PDF Version: Supporting the Unrepresented: Case Management of Self-Represented Litigants Case Commented on: Pintea v Johns, 2016 ABCA 99 (CanLII) In Pintea v Johns, 2016 ABCA 99 (CanLII), the majority, Justices McDonald and Veldhuis, and dissent, Justice Martin, … Continue reading
Access to Justice, Self-Represented Litigants and Court Resources: A Snapshot from Alberta Superior Courts for the Month of May
By: Jennifer Koshan and Drew Yewchuk PDF Version: Access to Justice, Self-Represented Litigants and Court Resources: A Snapshot from Alberta Superior Courts for the Month of May Cases commented on: Pintea v Johns, 2016 ABCA 99 (CanLII); Erdmann v Complaints Inquiry … Continue reading
Vexatious Proceedings Distinguished from Vexatious Litigants
By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Vexatious Proceedings Distinguished from Vexatious Litigants Case commented on: R.O. v D.F., 2016 ABCA 170 (CanLII) This Court of Appeal decision is useful in drawing a distinction between litigation that is vexatious and a litigant … Continue reading
Comparing the Views of Alberta Judges and Lawyers with Those in the Rest of Canada on Selected Family Law Issues
By: Lorne Bertrand PDF Version: Comparing the Views of Alberta Judges and Lawyers with Those in the Rest of Canada on Selected Family Law Issues Report Commented On: Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, Comparing the Views of … Continue reading
