BC Court News
July 11, 2024
News from the BC Supreme Court of BC and the BC Court of Appeal
Current Issue: May 2026
Highlights
The May 2026 issue of The Advocate features the highly esteemed Lindsay Waddell on the cover who is written about by Heather Hoiness. Lindsay is a human rights lawyer with an array of decisions at all levels of court to her name. She also has a thing about pickles. “Entre Nous” meanwhile tackles some of the more personal aspects about relying on Artificial Intelligence instead of human knowledge, skill and interaction. The ongoing debate about Artifical Intelligence and its use in courts and tribunals is then considered by Simmi K. Sandhu while Brad Cramer provides his analysis on the burden of proof as discussed by the Supreme Court of Canada in a 5:4 conflicts law decision called Sinclair v. Venezia Turismo. Steph Melnychuk has written about how best to be a resilient lawyer in her article focusing on skills for sustainable success. Two short stories appear in this issue, one is the third place winner in the Advocate’s 2025 Short Fiction Competition: “Age of Efficiency” by Jaimie Kidston. The other is not a submission to the competition but we felt it was timely: “(law?) by Bruce Woolley, K.C.
The Edwardian Courthouse in Kamloops is the subject of a detailed historical analysis by Ludmila B. Herbst, K.C. and while those across the province prepare to head outdoors into spring, we thought a good theme for Bench & Bar would be picnics … and indeed it is. What better way to spice up a good picnic with the many articles within the Advocate from the B.C. Law Institute, the CLEBC Society, the Justice Education Society and, after a long absence, Courthouse Libraries. Of course, the Faculties of Law at Allard, UVic and TRU provide us with their updates as does the Attorney General. Find out about those departed and those appointed in Nos Disparus and New Judicial Justices respectively. This is the final issue under the able guidance of our departing business manager, Lynda Roberts, who has helped ensure a 59 year streak of continuous involvement from members of the Roberts Dynasty.
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