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February 26, 2021
Davies adds new Montreal dispute resolution partner
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg welcomed Corey Omer as a partner in the dispute resolution group of its Montreal office.
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February 19, 2021
No turning back from pandemic’s changes to justice system: CBA report
When transmitting the first message to officially open the Baltimore to Washington telegraph line, Samuel Morse included a simple statement: “what hath God wrought?” The same question has likely passed through the minds of many people over the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered businesses and schools and forced many people into makeshift home offices. Canada’s justice system has not been immune from that change, with trials moving online and lawyers filing their documents electronically. And now the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) says it is time to make many of those changes permanent.
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January 11, 2021
Baker McKenzie adds partner
Baker McKenzie announced that Christina Doria has been elected partner in the firm’s dispute resolution practice.
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October 29, 2020
Current model of lawyering unequally distributes legal power in society, scholar says
Substantive change is required in the legal system — and legal education — to meaningfully address access to justice and systemic racism. That was the message from scholars who spoke on an Oct. 26 panel set up as part of Access to Justice Week.
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September 16, 2020
COVID-19 forces changes on majority of law practices: Survey
A new survey of 400 legal professionals across Canada reveals that 67 per cent of those surveyed expect to see, or are currently experiencing, practice-related changes due to COVID-19.
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September 15, 2020
New arbitrators and mediators association launched in Canada
The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN), an American association for experienced mediators and arbitrators, has expanded into Canada with a new sister organization.
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August 21, 2020
$16.5-million settlement in G20 class action could bring lasting police changes, says co-counsel
Toronto lawyer Eric Gillespie has a general rule: Launch only one marathon class action lawsuit per decade. It’s a good policy because it took 10 years for Gillespie and co-counsel Murray Klippenstein to reach a landmark, $16.5 million, mediated settlement with the Toronto Police Service in a class action launched in August 2010 over the mass arrest and detention of hundreds of largely peaceful protesters at the June 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto.
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July 20, 2020
Arbitration Place adds arbitrator/mediator
Arbitration Place announced that Jeffrey S. Leon, a senior litigation partner at Bennett Jones LLP in Toronto, has joined Arbitration Place as a member arbitrator and mediator to further his work in conducting arbitrations and mediations in Canada, the United States and internationally.
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July 20, 2020
Former judge joins Fasken as legal counsel
Fasken announced the return of Jean Lemelin as legal counsel in the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice group.
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June 08, 2020
B.C. law society seeking feedback on trust account rule change proposal
According to the provincial law society, lawyers in B.C. have raised concerns about the impact that the law society’s rule 3-58.1 (Trust account only for legal services) has had on retainers received by a lawyer who has been appointed as a mediator, arbitrator or parenting co-ordinator and who will be providing some incidental related legal services to the parties, such as the preparation of the mediation or arbitration (or related settlement) agreement.