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…
February 3, 2023
Donor anonymity on the agenda for the January 2023 parentage committee meeting
BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee recently considered donor anonymity. BC doesn’t have provisions on information about donors in its parentage legislation under part 3 of the Family Law Act. But access to information about donors is an issue that has risen in prominence as more and more children are Read more…
December 22, 2022
Parentage committee discusses inheritance and parentage for posthumously conceived children
In December, BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee continued its discussion of posthumous conception. The committee focused on one issue relating to who can be named a parent for a posthumously conceived child under BC’s Family Law Act and two issues relating to inheritance for posthumously conceived children under BC’s Read more…
December 15, 2022
Parentage committee discusses parentage of posthumously conceived children
In November, BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee started discussing the topic of posthumous conception. Posthumous conception occurs when a child is conceived using assisted reproduction after one of their parents has died. This can occur either through a person’s sperm or eggs being removed from their body after death, Read more…