Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Canada prides itself on having a good “justice” system and, certainly in comparison to that in many countries, including our immediate neighbours to the south, it is extremely good. But, as ongoing cases of wrongful conviction should tell us, it Continue reading Not guilty
For some years, the Law Society of Ontario has been grappling with how to increase access to justice for Ontarians. This has taken many forms, including, as I have written about here before, licensing paralegals to provide some family law Continue reading Will this increase access to justice?
On September 24th, Ontario’s Attorney General Doug Downey introduced Bill 207, the Moving Ontario Family Law Forward Act. This Bill is the province’s long-anticipated follow-up to the federal government’s 2019 changes to the Divorce Act, which are to come Continue reading Better, but not perfect
Viewers of the 1968 comedy “Yours, Mine and Ours” were treated to the adventures and antics of a very large blended family created when a widow (Lucille Ball) with eight kids married a widower (Henry Fonda) with 10. In 2020, Continue reading Yours, mine and ours