BC Court News
July 11, 2024
News from the BC Supreme Court of BC and the BC Court of Appeal
Current Issue: May 2025
Highlights
Whether you are looking for some deeper analysis of the roller coaster of current events, or for some lighter fare, the May issue of the Advocate has you covered.
Entre Nous tackles the importance of having stars – including the ideals and principles which inform the rule of law – to steer by. Cameron Belsher, K.C., reassures us that our own courts are in good hands, writing about the new Chief Justice of the B.C. Supreme Court, Ronald Skolrood, and his endeavours to ensure timely access to the courts. Derek LaCroix, K.C., looks back over his many years with the Lawyers Assistance Program of British Columbia.
Judge Paul Meyers (retired) provides tips to newly called lawyers, while David Paul, K.C., advises readers on crafting mediation briefs. Douglas C. Harris delves into a Civil Resolution Tribunal decision regarding whether alteration agreements bind purchasers of a strata lot. The Attorney General of B.C. describes legislative efforts to protect consumers.
Jim Reynolds’ first-place story in the 2024 Advocate short fiction competition – a satire about a U.K. mishap about to be communicated to then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – was written prior to President Trump’s recent annexation threats, which Jim notes have underscored the need to take seriously and to strengthen Canada’s independence. Gavin Magrath sets out, for Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, some of the chilling threats to, and departures from, the rule of law in today’s United States. In Legal Anecdotes, Ludmila Herbst, K.C., examines the concept of treason in an age of slavery, as the United States achieved independence in the latter half of the 18th century. From the days (1990) when the best-known Tesla was Nikolai, the Serbian-American engineer and inventor, our Back Pages compare the human brain and the computer.
Find a review of the work of author P.W. Bridgman, as well as celebrations of new judicial appointments and tributes to departed colleagues. Read the latest from BCLI, CLEBC, TRU and Allard Law. And for those seeking broader adventures, Bench and Bar takes us to amusement parks far and wide (but not south), and Paul Daykin, K.C. and Bruno De Vita, K.C., to the vineyards of Italy. All the best, readers!
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