May 4, 2023
BCLI Congratulates New Recipients of the King’s Counsel Designation (KC)
The BCLI congratulates all of the lawyers who have been recognized with the Kings Counsel designation today. These lawyers have made exceptional contributions to the legal profession. We are particularly pleased to recognize Stacey Edzerza Fox, KC, who was appointed to the BCLI Board by the Law Society of British Read more…
BCLI welcomes introduction of Money Judgment Enforcement Act
With the introduction of Bill 27 (the Money Judgment Enforcement Act) in the legislative assembly, the BC government has moved to implement recommendations from BCLI and the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, which will fundamentally reform an important area of civil law. A money judgment is an order of a court Read more…
April 3, 2023
International Call for Six-Month Pause in Giant AI Experiments Shows Importance and Timeliness of BCLI’s AI and Civil Liability Project
BCLI has had an active project on artificial intelligence (“AI”) and civil liability underway since late 2021. Together with an interdisciplinary expert committee, we have been developing law reform recommendations on how the law of tort needs to be adapted to deal with cases where AI causes harm to persons Read more…
March 29, 2023
BCLI welcomes pension division reforms
The BC Law Institute is pleased to note the introduction of Bill 17 in the legislative assembly. This bill amends part 6 of the Family Law Act, implementing BCLI’s recommendations to reform pension division for separating spouses. When it is enacted, the bill’s amendments will provide a host of improvements Read more…
November 4, 2022
Nova Scotia consulting on reforms to parentage laws
The Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia has just published a discussion paper seeking the public’s views on its proposals to reform the law of parentage in that province. In its Parentage Act Discussion Paper (PDF), the institute notes that “Nova Scotia is the only jurisdiction Read more…