Administrative Review Announced
“Once in a generation opportunity,” says AG
Attorney General Geoff Plant announced on July 27, 2001 the establishment of an Administrative Justice Project to review more than 60 administrative justice agencies in BC, including the Worker’s Compensation Board, Labour Relations Board, Human Rights Tribunal and Commercial Appeals Commission...
Reflections and a Call to Action
Lessons learned in a year of leadership
This is goodbye. My term as President comes to an end at the completion of the CBA Annual General Meeting in Saskatoon in mid-August. I re-read my first BarTalk column of last September in which I spoke of planning to make a difference and I think and hope I have. I am proud that the Branch office now has a very competent Executive Director in place and that it is being run in a much more accountable and business-like fashion...
What's Been Happening at the Branch
In this column I thought I would take the opportunity to bring you up-to-date on some recent events in the Branch...
Section Talk
by Shelley Bentley
The CBABC sponsors 72 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:
- Family Maintenance Enforcement Program: The New Method of Enforcement by Withholding Drivers’ License Renewals
- The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
- Recent Legislation Introduced in the Legislature
- Bill 10 restricting public actions that may be brought
- Bill 20, the Drinking Water Protection Act
- Amendments to the Human Rights Code
- The Modernization of the Trustee Act
- The Changing Economics of Law and the Effect of the “Brain Drain Phenomenon” on the Practice of Law in Canada
Practice Talk
Keeping Faith In Difficult Times
by David J Bilinsky
Acts in Force (Not Available)
Regulations to Note
New Bills to Note
Reports Available
by Stuart Rennie 
Steering Committee for the AGM to be held in Vancouver 2005
Review and Report on Enduring Powers of Attorney and Representation Agreements
Incoming National President Sets Focus
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In August 1999, David Loukidelis was appointed Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC for a six-year non-renewable term ending in 2005. Stuart Rennie, CBABC Legislation and Law Reform Officer, interviewed Mr. Loukidelis this summer for BarTalk.
Q&A: An Interview With David Loukidelis
BarTalk Meets BC’s Privacy Commissioner
A Point in the Judicial Direction
The appointment process to the Supreme Court
by The Honourable Chief Justice Donald Brenner & Margaret Ostrowski QC
Creating Success
A member reviews the latest President’s Forum
by Cheryl Stephens
Creating Success
A law student’s perspective
by Pauline Rae
Getting Technical
From Selectric to the World Wide Web
by R David Hill
Unreasonable People
A Legal Primer from the Phone Shift
by Peter Eastwood
UBC Mentor Program
Another Successful Year
by Christine Mingie
Executive Committee 2001/2002
Mobina Jaffer QC Appointed to the Senate
New Book on Aboriginal Law Reform
Statutes and Regulations Online
2001 Community Service Awards
BC Members Win National Awards of Excellence
LSS Hosts Tariff Recognition Dinner
Even More Women of Distinction Nominees
Videoconference Option for Day of Law, AGM
Day of Law Highlights
Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Camp
Cariboo Bar Convention
CIAJ AGM Planned for October
Oktoberfest 2001
Allan McEachern Tribute Dinner
Gladue: A Message for the Millennium
Playland Tickets 35 per cent off
Pacific Starlight Dinner Train
Arts Club & Stanley Theatres
BC Courthouse Library Society
The Law Foundation of British Columbia
Lawyers Assistance Program
Supreme Court of British Columbia
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