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Highlights

The September issue of The Advocate features a cover story on Mark Andrews, Q.C., a litigator whose life helped and inspired many. The tribute by Jonathan Andrews, Simon Coval, Q.C. and Jennifer Francis appears on page 655.
Entre Nous tackles the thorny problem of political statements designed to undermine faith in the justice system. See page 649.
The Advocate’s own Connor Bildfell interview Chief Justice Hinkson on the lessons learned from COVID-19 starting at page 661.
COVID-19 also informs an article on the Health Review Board by Heather Kulyk McDonald (page 667) and the doctrine of frustration by Matthew Nied and Andrew Hindi (page 685).
Bruce Harper draws no punches in his award winning short story “The Lawsuit” which hits hard at the rules set in last year’s Advocate Short Fiction Competition (page 677).
In “News About The Law Courts Inn” starting at page 721 we publish a fraction of the many letters opposing the closure of the Law Courts Inn without consultation with interested parties. We also publish a rather curt response from the Ministry responsible for the closure.
Our regular columns from the BC Law Institute, the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre, the Allard School of Law, UVic Law, the Attorney General appear here together with the much loved Wine Column by Michael Welsh, Q.C.
Finally, before we get to the elephants and donkeys of Bench & Bar there is a new judge, a new master and a couple of new books. Your humble editor, D. Michael Bain, also begs your pardon in “Legal Anecdotes and Miscellanea” at page 781.