The Complete Brief
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November 26, 2024
Paralegals, family law service providers and access to justice | Leanne Townsend
The recent decision by the Law Society of Ontario to expand the scope of services paralegals can provide under the Family Law Service Provider program is being hailed as a crucial step in addressing the increasing number of self-represented litigants in family law cases. The hope is that this expansion will provide much-needed support to individuals navigating the complex and often overwhelming family court system.
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November 26, 2024
Reconsideration of weight of mental illness on culpability results in successful sentence appeal
Shortly after noon on Nov. 25, 2021, 35-year-old Paul Nicholas Russell drove his white pickup truck to the RCMP detachment in Vanderhoof, B.C. From inside the truck, he fired a rifle at two marked RCMP vehicles parked in the parking lot. A few moments later, he fired twice more at the window of the detachment, shattering glass. He drove his truck toward the front of the building and fired again. Thirty minutes later, the truck was spotted, and Russell was arrested.
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November 26, 2024
REMEDIES - Equitable remedies - Specific performance
Appeal by Mill from chambers judge’s order of specific performance, requiring Mill to transfer title to mineral claims to Orogenic Gold Corporation Ltd. (Orogenic), and extending term of option agreement (agreement) for five years. In 2016 and 2017, Mill acquired title to four mineral tenures in Northwestern British Columbia (mineral claims).
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November 26, 2024
New associate joins Turnpenney Milne
Turnpenney Milne LLP recently announced the addition of Thaniya Jeyachandra as an associate.
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November 26, 2024
2024 FOLA Luminary Award winner announced
The Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA) announced that Rick Haga had been awarded the Luminary Award, a Nov. 25 news release stated.
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November 26, 2024
Law360 Canada Pulse survey: stress remains significant issue for lawyers
A recent survey of the legal profession is showing high levels of satisfaction with things like collegiality and collaboration at their firms and opportunities for advancement, but there is one issue that continues to remain a problem and has no easy fix — stress.
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November 26, 2024
An action plan for becoming less miserable | Murray Gottheil
I understand that newbies to the legal profession who have student debt and no client base often feel locked into jobs that they hate.
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November 27, 2024
Progress, not perfection: EDI initiatives | Harjot Atwal
“Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.” — Henry Spencer
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November 25, 2024
RCMP union sues federal government over pension rights of part-time members
The union representing about 20,000 RCMP members is suing the federal government over a policy that prevents those who temporarily worked part-time from buying back pensionable service.
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November 25, 2024
Canadian trade probe targets Vietnam to protect $140M container trailer market
Canada is locking horns with Vietnam in the $5.6 billion global market for container chassis — specialized trailers for shipping containers that play a crucial role in the global intermodal transportation system.