BarTalk October 2003
Volume 15, Number 5

CLE Society of B.C. receives two international CLE awards
The CLE Society of B.C. is honoured to receive a first place “Award of Professional Excellence” and an “Award for Outstanding Achievement” from the Association for Continuing Legal Education for its 2002 product entries. The Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Best Publication category went to CLE’s Conveyancing Deskbook. CLE’s Aboriginal Practice Points collection took the first prize Award of Professional Excellence in its Best Public Interest Project category.

Upcoming Course: Human Rights 2003
Human Rights practice has changed significantly! The Human Rights Commission has been eliminated and B.C. has the first direct access model human rights system in Canada. The Human Rights 2003 course on Friday, November 7, 2003 will bring you up to date on what these practical and policy changes mean to you. Invest one day and gain a thorough understanding on how to present your case before the new Human Rights Tribunal – six months into the new regime.

New Book: Commercial Arbitration
Coming in November... the British Columbia Commercial Arbitration: An Annotated Guide. This soft-cover book will give lawyers quick and easy access to information and case law on commercial arbitrations. The book will contain succinct summaries of important case law under the current British Columbia Commercial Arbitration Act and International Commercial Arbitration Act, and summaries of important cases from courts of other jurisdictions. Christine Mingie, the author, sets out the history of the Acts and links sections of the Acts to related international commercial arbitration law.

The guide will include the current regulations under the Acts and a chart setting out B.C. legislation which permits or requires arbitration of disputes under the Commercial Arbitration Acts.

This article was published in the October 2003 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.