New Court Reforms in British Columbia
Changes to court rules to improve access to court for British Columbians was announced by Attorney General Geoff Plant on March 30th, 2005, to be effective September 1st, 2005. This includes raising the financial limit for disputes in small claims court from the previous limit of $10,000 to $25,000. News Release Backgrounder
New Electronic Services
The UBC Library has new subscriptions to 3 online resources from Thompson Gale. Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926: http://resources.library.ubc.ca/969/ Provides digital images for all pages of 22,000 American and British legal treatises published between 1800 through 1926. Using full-text searching, researchers can access over 10 million pages from casebooks, local practice manuals, form […]
Upcoming Amendments to the Copyright Act
An announcement regarding upcoming amendments to Copyright legislation is here. Includes links to a backgrounder with highlights of the proposed legislation, a copy of the Joint Statement, and series of frequently asked questions.
National Committee on Accreditation (NCA)
National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) https://nca.legal/ – Foreign lawyers or Canadians with a foreign law degree who wish to become members of a Canadian Law Society must apply to the National Committee on Accreditation for an evaluation of their legal credentials and experience Readings • Supreme Court of Canada [SCC] cases – are accessible from […]
Air India Ruling
The decision to acquit two Sikh men on charges of conspiracy and murder in the 1985 Air India bombing, R. v. Malik and Bagri is available from the Courts of British Columbia website here.
Passing of Professor Adam Albright
[Message from the Dean of Law at UBC] To the UBC Faculty of Law Community: The Faculty was saddened to learn of the passing away of Adam Albright, an adjunct faculty member and partner at Harris and Company. Professor Albright taught Labour Law at UBC for the past five years. He will be greatly missed […]
Heating Shutdowns
The heating will be down in two areas of Curtis during different times this week so that necessary maintenance may be done: 1. 7:30 am March 7 to 3:30 March 9 – the heating in the basement of the old part of the Curtis building (locker area and washrooms). 2. 7:30 am – 3:30 pm […]
Newspapers and News Sources
Looking for newspaper articles? Check out this site for information… https://guides.library.ubc.ca/newspapers Please note: most online resources are restricted to UBC students, faculty, staff, and visitors working in the Library.