Lack of Jails Threatens Trials and BCNDP vs Constitutional Requirements
A court system can have the best rules on paper and still grind to a halt when there is nowhere to hold people. We start with a fresh BC Supreme Court practice direction aimed at a problem that’s been...
30 Apr 20min
Secret Informant, Secret Court
A court decision appears online with almost everything blacked out: no registry, no lawyers, no location, no hearing date, and even the judge’s name is removed. All we’re left with is a disturbing que...
16 Apr 21min
Aboriginal Title On Nootka Island
A court can end up deciding the fate of an island by looking at the scars on cedar trees and counting the rings inside them. We dig into a new British Columbia Court of Appeal decision on Aboriginal t...
10 Apr 21min
Star Players Stay Home & Police Dog Chase to Doggy Daycare
Messi-sized hype, premium ticket prices, then a last-minute announcement that the stars aren’t coming. We walk through the Vancouver Whitecaps class action that followed, including the consumer protec...
2 Apr 22min
British Columbia And Alberta Clash On How To Regulate Lawyers
Two neighbouring provinces are running a live experiment on professional regulation, and the results could shape how Canadians think about law societies, licensing bodies, and government power. We wal...
26 Mar 22min
BC Law Society Defamation Claim and Boat Storage After Death
A hyperlink and headline can change the stakes of a professional disagreement. We talk through a Victoria-based defamation lawsuit against the Law Society of British Columbia after a lawyer proposes ...
19 Mar 20min
Sentencing For Indiginty to Human Remains and Tribunal System Fix
Someone dies, and the person beside them makes a choice that shocks everyone: no call for help, no report, just a body hidden away. We unpack a BC Provincial Court sentencing decision under Criminal C...
12 Mar 20min
When “Not Now” Still Means “Maybe Later” For Private Property and ICBC Hit and Run Requirements
A stolen truck blows a stop sign at 4 a.m., the driver vanishes into the dark, and ICBC says the injured victims didn’t take “all reasonable steps” to find who hit them. We dig into the Court of Appea...
5 Mar 21min
