B.C. sets bencher table for next two years
Monday, November 18, 2019 @ 2:33 PM
The votes are in for the benchers who will guide the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) over the next two years. Four new lawyers were chosen to fill the seats on the law society’s governing board, with 18 benchers being returned to office for a term which will last from Jan. 1, 2020, to Dec. 31, 2021. ... [read more]
Law societies called on to address juror challenges
Monday, November 18, 2019 @ 9:27 AM
In her essay Challenging Whiteness: The Role for Law Societies and Critical Race Theory in Addressing Unrepresentative Juries in Canada, Julianne Stevenson shines a light on an historic and contemporary legal issue, offers up an eminently practical solution and challenges law societies across Canada to implement that solution. ... [read more]
SCC rules Jordan’s presumptive caps on trial delay apply in youth court 
Friday, November 15, 2019 @ 2:59 PM
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2019 @ 3:14 PM
The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to impose lower constitutional limits on trial delays in youth court, ruling 6-3 that the 18-month and 30-month presumptive ceilings the top court set for trying adults in the watershed Jordan decision apply also in proceedings under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA). ... [read more]
Ruling weakens input of Inuit in polar bear kill quota, lawyer says
Friday, November 15, 2019 @ 9:56 AM
A group advocating for Inuit in Northern Quebec may be appealing a court’s upholding of an Environment Canada decision to reduce the yearly number of polar bears hunters can kill off a coastal area of Nunavik, says the group’s lawyer, who is concerned this gives the government more latitude in its decision making and less obligation to properly consider treaty rights and Inuit knowledge of wildlife. ... [read more]
