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		<title>Women Lawyers Forum Education Day &#8211; &#8220;Defining Moments – Leadership &amp; Ethics&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Garton-Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: Friday, May 14, 2010
Time: 8:30 am to 1:30 pm
I am excited to be able to participate in this year’s CBA BC Branch Women Lawyers Forum Education Day event.   Along with Elizabeth Watson and Stacey Handley, I will participate on a leadership panel which will be led by Marion McAdam of Fourth Wall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-Application Considerations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie McDougall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a proceeding, sometimes issues may arise that cannot be resolved by negotiation or by consent and must be resolved by an interlocutory application.  
Usually your lawyer will begin by telling you what orders she/he would like the court to make.  There are many considerations to think about before preparing your documents such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lengthy oral examinations no more?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last blog, which introduced the coming changes to discovery practice under the new Supreme Court Civil Rules, my focus was document production.   In Karen Redmond’s recent blog, she discussed the possible negative consequences of new restrictions to be placed on the use of written interrogatories.
The other key tool in the discovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Supreme Court Civil Rules try to curb excessive document disclosure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the weeks to come, I will explore key aspects of the new Supreme Court Civil and Family Rules that will come into effect in British Columbia on July 1, 2010.   The current rules governing the discovery process, including the production of documents and oral examinations, were among those targeted for revision.
Existing Rule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Prepare Short Leave Applications with Ease</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie McDougall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are not alone if you panic when you have to bring on a chambers application for short leave notice under Rule 3(3.1) of the Rules of Court.
A short leave application sounds simple but it is not.  It is an application made either without notice to the opposing party or when the parties have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding the Role of the Paralegal in the Modern Law Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 20 years have passed since graduating from my paralegal program in Ontario.   After deciding to relocate to British Columbia four years later, I found myself starting at the ground up, feeling disillusioned that none of the lawyers I had interviewed with seemed to grasp what I had to offer.  But I was young, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Supreme Court Civil and Family Rules for BC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Garton-Jones</dc:creator>
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Attorney General Michael de Jong, QC and Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Brenner announced new Civil and Family court rules today with the goal of promoting increased access to justice and to balance the interests and concerns of the legal community and the public who access the justice system.  The rules and a revised schedule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Law Day &#8211; April 25, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Garton-Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Law Day 2009 will provide the public with the opportunity to learn about the law, the legal profession and the legal institutions that form the cornerstones of our Canadian democracy.
On Saturday, April 25th from 10AM to 3PM all residents of the Greater Vancouver area are invited to come down to the Central Vancouver Public Library, [...]]]></description>
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