Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
The answer to this question is both simple and complicated: Only when the law, court processes and those who implement and oversee the interpretation and administration of the law acknowledge the prevalence of violence against women within the family will Continue reading What can family courts do to get a passing grade?
Women are at the highest risk of being killed by their partner at the point of separation. And yet, the family court to which many of these women turn does not offer them a guaranteed safe haven; all too often, Continue reading Ontario’s family courts fail the best interests of the child test when violence is involved
In February 2016, Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi and then Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada Janet Minor appointed Justice Annemarie Bonkalo to conduct a review of the provision of family legal services by people other than lawyers. Continue reading Paralegals and family court
Opinion piece in The Toronto Star with Amanda Dale, Executive Director, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic We participated in the consultation process led by Justice Bonkalo as she prepared her recently released report, Family Legal Services Review; a report that is focused Continue reading Paralegals in family courts not the solution