Family
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July 25, 2024
Judicial appointment announced for Northwest Territories
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment of Karin L.E. Taylor as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, according to a July 24 news release.
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July 25, 2024
PM announces National Security and Intelligence Review Agency appointments
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in a July 24 news release the appointment of Marie Deschamps, Craig Forcese and Charles Fugère to the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA).
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July 25, 2024
Ottawa ordered to disclose memos about CUAET immigration program targeted by Charter challenge
A novel Charter challenge — which contends that Ottawa’s expansive Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) policy for war-affected Ukrainians unfairly discriminated against Taliban-targeted Afghans who face stricter immigration requirements — is proceeding to next steps after the Federal Court rejected a bid by the federal attorney general to avoid disclosing information that sheds light on what went into devising the generous immigration policy for Ukrainians.
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July 24, 2024
The Zoom divorce | Gary Joseph
Spoiler alert: I have never supported expanded tolerance of advertising for lawyers.
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July 24, 2024
Judges weighing contempt of court must consider children’s best interests: lawyer
Judges must take a nuanced approach when trying contempt of court charges in family law cases involving children, says a Nova Scotia lawyer acting for a father who accused his ex of alienating him from their kids.
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July 24, 2024
Collaborative law and its role in estate disputes
Collaborative law, commonly used in family law, is an innovative approach to dispute resolution — introduced to the Canadian legal landscape in 1998 — where the lawyers and parties involved in a dispute agree in advance to resolve their conflict using co-operative strategies that are out of court rather than adversarial techniques and litigation.
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July 22, 2024
Montreal law firm launches proposed class action over plant milk listeriosis outbreak
A Montreal law firm is the first in Canada to seek compensation for consumers affected by a recent listeriosis outbreak linked to some plant milk products.
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July 22, 2024
Ottawa rolls out ‘special measures’ for people affected by 2024 wildfires in Canada
Canadians and permanent residents “directly affected” by wildfires in 2024 will be able to get free replacement federal documents — including permanent resident cards, Canadian citizenship certificates, Canadian passports and other travel documents — that are lost, damaged, destroyed or inaccessible due to wildfires, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced.
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July 22, 2024
The rules of evidence | Gary Joseph
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently overturned a criminal conviction and ordered a new trial for a man convicted of multiple counts of domestic assault. The ruling in R. v. Morin, 2024 ONCA 562, is widely reported in the media, given that it involves a trial decision of a justice (Michelle O’Bonsawin) recently elevated to the Supreme Court. The appeal court found that the trial judge had made improper use of prior consistent statements of the complainant.
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July 19, 2024
Ontario committed to expanding Unified Family Courts but Toronto still lacking
Ontario’s government is vowing to continue working towards the expansion of Unified Family Courts across the province. But a local lawyer says that until a UFC is placed in the Toronto area, millions are being left to navigate a confusing, “two-tiered” family court system.