Crown Counsel Seek Fair Process
Longtime labour dispute hits crisis point
Since March 1998, Crown Counsel have been without an employment agreement. Prohibited by law to unionize, continuously frustrated with their inability to negotiate satisfactory terms of employment, and at the end of their patience, Crown Counsel have voted 97 per cent in support of job action in the face of continued government delay in implementing a third party mediator’s recommendations...
BC Leads the Way
Two BC projects go national
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At the December 11, 1999 meeting of the Provincial Council, the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association voted overwhelmingly in favor of your Branch commencing a public awareness campaign on behalf of all of us...
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Section Talk
by Shelley Bentley
The CBABC sponsors 69 Sections which play a vital role in keeping members informed both on changes in the law, and legal and political issues affecting a given area of practice. Topics covered in recent meetings include:
- Collaborative Law
- Province of BC v BCGEU
- BC Business Immigration Branch
- Third Party Reviewers or Auditors of Legal Accounts
- The Trial of Anwar Ibrahim, the Former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Malaysia
- An Overview of the Rationale and Process for Developing the New Business Licensing and Regulation Provisions in the Municipal Act
- Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act
- Seaboard Life v Bank of Montreal
- The Legality of Collection Letters from Out-Of-Province Lawyers to BC
- Mayfair Resources Corp v Greater Vancouver Water District
- The Attack on Offshore Trusts
- The Family Trust: Traps, Snares and Opportunities
- New Adult Guardianship Legislation
- The Concept of Diversity Management
- The Victoria Youth Containment Centre
Practice Talk
Apocolypse Office
by David J Bilinsky |
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Acts in Force
Regulations to Note
New Bills to Note (Not Available)
Reports Available
by Stuart Rennie 
From the Bench
The Bella Bella/Bella Coola Circuit
by The Honourable Judge J M Hubbard
New British Columbia Company Act
by John Lundell
Land Titles Electronic Filing System
Leading the way in electronic commerce
by Malcolm McAvity
Pet Lawyer in the Community
by Kristin Tillquist
BC Branch Executive Committee
Calling All Lawyers...
Lawyer Referral Program
New Class Action Section Brings Sections to 69
Volunteer Lawyers Called to Action
Ask the Registrar
Errata
Form 47s Ineffective...
Letters to the Editor
Unclaimed Property Act
Kelowna President’s Forum
The Courts & The Public
BC Courthouse Library Society
Continuing Legal Education Society of BC
The Law Foundation of British Columbia
Lawyers Assistance Program
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