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ON THE FRONT COVER
Dean Lawton, Q.C., has his hand at the wheel and his foot on the gas
as the new president of the Law Society of B.C. Find out more on
page 173.
THE
VOL. 79 PART 2 MARCH 2021
Entre Nous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
On the Front Cover: Dean Lawton, Q.C.
By Anne F. Cameron and Nancy Merrill, Q.C. . . . . . . . . . . 173
Estoppel by Convention: Does the Truth Matter?
By Joel Nitikman, Q.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Cheques, Bank Drafts and Trust Cheques:
New Problems with an Old System
By D. Ross McGowan and Richard Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Serious Business: Rowing and Lawyers in British Columbia
By Brian McDaniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
The Walls Are Closing in on Sexual Harassment in
the Legal Profession
By Sara Forte and Katelynn Denny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Should Lawyers Care?
By Manjot Cheema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Wine Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
News from BC Law Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
News from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Happenings at the Lawyers Inn Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
LAP Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Announcing the 2021 Advocate Short Fiction Competition . . . 241
Peter A. Allard School of Law Faculty News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
The Attorney General’s Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Court Notices and Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Nos Disparus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
New Judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Letter to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Grumble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
From Our Back Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Legal Anecdotes and Miscellanea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Bench and Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
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