A study out of the University of California suggests that “mindfulness” may implant false memories. If peer reviews verify the findings this would add one more hurdle to credibility determinations – witnesses who are being honest and forthcoming would be testifying to facts that may have never happened. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11855103/How-mindfulness-plays-havoc-with-memory.html
As of September 1, 2015 BC families who are on income or disability assistance will no longer have their child support payments deducted from their assistance income. This is great news and a positive step forward towards supporting BC children.
In the course of our practice, we continually see buyers of properties come to our office after they have signed the Contract of Purchase and Sale and it has been accepted by the seller. By the time we see the contract it is often too late for the buyer to “fix” it or back out of…
What a great decision by an Ontario Appeal Court…Westerhof v. Gee Estate, 2015 ONCA 206. Expert opinions from treatment providers actively involved in the care and treatment of an injured plaintiff can provide that opinion without obligating the treatment provider to write a thorough expert report.
Holders of promissory notes that are payable on demand should review the terms of those notes. On December 22, 2014 the Appeal Court of British Columbia decided that the limitation period on a lender’s right to sue on a promissory note made prior to the June 01, 2013 that is payable on demand begins to…
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court has released the decision of Justice Campbell in the Trinity Western University law school accreditation dispute. The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society does not have the authority to impose conditions on TWU’s policy on student conduct. “The NSBS can only legally do what it has been given the power to do…
Two interesting decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada. In R. v. Wilcox the court unanimously agreed with the majority of the Quebec Court of Appeal in deciding that failure to disclose your HIV-positive status can lead to a conviction for aggravated sexual assault. And in R. v. Fearon`, four of the seven member court decided that evidence…
