13 Jan Blog Paying for Legal Services with Time rather than Value: the Billable Hour & its Consequences for Clients July 23, 2021 By NSRLP 4 comments The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Bank of Nova Scotia v. Diemer (2014 ONCA 851) represents a watershed in judicial forthri...Continue reading
08 Jan Blog New Year Wishes: 5 Excuses for Not Involving the Public in A2J Reform to Leave Behind in 2014 July 23, 2021 By NSRLP 8 comments I have a New Year wish. Please can we stop repeating these hackneyed excuses for not including the public – “not now, not yet, not t...Continue reading
16 Dec Blog Our Pitch to Santa (with the help of Aretha Franklin): Asking the Public to Support Legal Aid in Canada December 16, 2014 By NSRLP 0 comments Over the last few weeks, we have been asking what you might ask Santa – eloquently described in one response as “…the sublime intangibl...Continue reading
09 Dec Blog A Year-in-Review: Goodbye to the Plastic Raincoat, Hello to Access to Justice Centres July 23, 2021 By NSRLP 3 comments We have been thinking back to the end-of-year 2013 at the NSRLP this week. Our December 2013 newsletter featured reports from the Na...Continue reading
03 Dec Blog Checking Our Egos and Accepting Our Part is Fundamental to Restoring Public Trust in the Justice System June 30, 2021 By NSRLP 7 comments This week’s guest blogger is Rob Harvie, a family lawyer, Law Society of Alberta Bencher and member of the NSRLP Advisory Board. After ...Continue reading