The Court in Streifel v. Forcier 2020 BCSC 1346 considered the wife’s application to set aside a consent order, which provided that the parties’ family law trial would be adjourned and that a med/arb would take place with a specified
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Hang Down Your Head George Dooley
George Dooley, of Nova Scotia, came to court seeking to be relieved of his monthly spousal support obligation to his ex-wife, Bernice Dooley, which came into effect in May 2014. The Dooley’s had been married for 34 years, and at
The World’$ Riche$t Lawyers
If you think all lawyers are rich, you’d be wrong. Money Inc. reports in 2016 that the average salary for lawyers in the United States is $133,000 per year. The average for Canadian lawyers is less than that. But there
When Will Our Judges Speak Out Forcefully Against Perjury?
Ngo v. Do, 2017 BCSC 83 (CanLII)
by Georgialee Lang BA JD FCIArb
In yet another British Columbia family law decision, the court fails to denounce, in the strongest terms, a litigant whose testimony is rife with lies. Yes, this
Court of Appeal Clarifies Law on Relocation in the Face of an Interim Parenting Order
With our increasingly mobile society the number of parental relocation cases continues unabated. In British Columbia the provincial legislators have done much to remove the mystery of the relevant considerations on parental and child mobility cases with the introduction of
No Litigation Funds for “Advantaged” Husband
Before March 18, 2013 there was no level playing field in British Columbia between litigating spouses. The spouse with financial resources, usually the husband, could easily “bully” his spouse, by virtue of his much deeper pockets.
All of that changed
When are Illegal Recordings Admissible in Family Court?
When are surreptitious recordings of a parent and child admissible in court proceedings? That is the question that was answered by Mr. Justice Milman in the protracted proceeding of M.Y.T.C. v. L.H.N. 2019 BCSC 2454.
The claimant mother sought to
Wife Cannot Compel Husband to Sign “Non-Compete” in Sale of Family Business
In Lun v. Lun 2020 BCSC 871 the court considered whether the sale of the family insurance business, as ordered by the court, provided the court with jurisdiction to order the husband to sign a Non-Compete Agreement, as part of
JESUS WAS A PROTESTER
To see great American cities ravaged in flames with marauding bands of black-clothed youth is startling, and so very sad…the violence and looting shocks the conscience. Yet protesting injustice is honorable and is what Jesus himself did during his time
Judge Grants Adjournment of Trial With Blameless Plaintiff
The BC Supreme Court recently considered whether a lawyer who failed to prepare his client’s case for trial should be granted an adjournment of the trial.
In Raniga v. Poirier 2020 BCSC 780 the plaintiff was injured in a motor