Among the steps that the CBA says can be taken at little or no cost to improve the justice system would be to implement BCLI recommendations on reverse mortgages, unfair contracts, and the enforcement of money judgments.

An Agenda for Justice also urges legislative action in other areas where BCLI has carried out extensive law reform work.  It recommends that the Wills, Estates and Succession Act be brought into force as soon as possible.  This Act, passed in 2009 but not yet in force, originated from a 2006 BCLI report.  The CBA’s platform document also recommends introduction of an Unincorporated Non-Profit Associations Act for B.C., based on the work of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada (ULCC) in that area.  BCLI played a prominent role in the ULCC project.

An Agenda for Justice also presses for enactment of a Franchise Act in BC, and mentions BCLI’s current project on this.

BCLI welcomes the CBA’s endorsement of its past and present work and recommendations.

The BCLI reports mentioned in the CBA BC Branch platform document An Agenda for Justice

are:

Report on Proposals for Unfair Contracts Relief

Report on Reverse Mortgages

Report on the Uniform Civil Enforcement of Money Judgments Act

Report on the Privacy Act of British Columbia

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