Law Society debate on gender pronouns in court and civil forfeiture of a penthouse used for parties during COVID

This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan The Provincial and Supreme Court in British Columbia recently introduced practice directives requiring lawyers to indicate the proper gender pronoun for themselves, and their clients, before each hearing. Lawyers have been directed to indicate if they, and the client, wish to be referred to as he/him/his, she/her/hers or they/them/their. This was the subject of controversy at the recent BC Law Society annual general meeting where...