Category Archives: Ethics and the Legal Profession
Still Just the Facts: Applying the Bright Line Rule
By: Alice Woolley PDF Version: Still Just the Facts: Applying the Bright Line Rule Case Commented On: Statesman Master Builders v Bennett Jones LLP, 2015 ABCA 142 In a unanimous judgment the Alberta Court of Appeal has reversed a decision … Continue reading
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
Trinity Western University: Your Tax Dollars at Work
By: Saul Templeton PDF Version: Trinity Western University: Your Tax Dollars at Work Case Commented On: Trinity Western University v Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 2015 NSSC 25 Trinity Western University (“TWU”) claims it is a private religious institution. This is … Continue reading
Lawyers’ Representation, Lawyers’ Regulation and Section 7 of the Charter
By: Alice Woolley PDF Version: Lawyers’ Representation, Lawyers’ Regulation and Section 7 of the Charter Case Commented On: Attorney General (Canada) v Federation of Law Societies, 2015 SCC 7 In Attorney General (Canada) v. Federation of Law Societies, 2015 SCC … Continue reading
The Top Ten Canadian Legal Ethics Stories – 2014
By: Alice Woolley PDF Version: The Top Ten Canadian Legal Ethics Stories – 2014 For the last two years I have written up the “top ten” Canadian legal ethics stories for the prior year (2013 and 2012). This year I … Continue reading
