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Highlights

The November 2021 issue of The Advocate is here. This month’s cover is the CBA(BC)’s new president Clare Jennings whose international comings and goings are canvassed by Lorne Phipps in On The Front Cover at page 819. This month’s editorial focuses on the return of the “Two Michaels” and the different meanings of “rule of law” in Canada and China.
The Honourable Justice Geoffrey Gomery, meanwhile, provides useful guidance for those preparing applications for summary trials, Mathew Good provides a detailed quantitative analysis of trends in hearings and judgments between 1970 and 2015 at the BC Supreme Court, while Ali Lakhani, Q.C. provides us with a guide to ethical mediation.
A third Michael, Michael Welsh, Q.C. tells us that Euripides said “where there is no wine there is no love” although quite what this has to do with standing naked amongst the vines is not for us to say (but is for you to read). Our standard columns from Lawyers Rights Watch, Lawyers’ Advice Program, the Attorney General and faculties of law at Allard and TRU (amongst others) nestle neatly before we remember those of us departed and celebrate those of us appointed.
Letter of the century is awarded to our reader Angus Maclennan for simply telling it like it is, while a fourth Michael, (editor D. Michael Bain, Q.C.) tells of the scandalous and salacious life of Francis Rattenbury, the B.C. “architect” who designed the Victoria Parliament buildings, the Vancouver Courthouse and many other notable B.C. buildings in “Legal Anecdotes & Miscellanea”.
This month’s theme for Bench & Bar is the winter solstice, but don’t let that be the nadir of your year as it is only a few weeks from now that the days start to get longer once again. We hope you enjoy this issue!