The $95,000 Gamble: Civil Resolution Tribunal Lessons and Residential Tenancy Mansion Dispute

The latest Legally Speaking segment with Michael Mulligan takes listeners on a fascinating journey through British Columbia's alternative dispute resolution landscape, revealing both promising innovations and concerning pitfalls in our justice system. The conversation begins with an extraordinary Civil Resolution Tribunal case in which a woman abandoned $95,000 of her $100,000 claim to proceed in a forum designed for minor disputes—only to lose everything. This cautionary tale illustrates th...