-
All articles published on the Access Review are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License Contributors
Jeff Bone
Taha Hassan
Arden Mathieson
Andrew Lawrence
Anna Lund
Brent Desruisseaux
Jordan Reiniger
Kaila Eadie
Krista McFadyen
Nana Karvellas
eclcaccessreviewoliviamanzer
Rachel Bailie
Rebecca Lee
Robyn Thomas
Sarah Eadie
Tim Patterson
Tor Potter
Tiffany Stokes
Yessy Byl
Erin O'Neill
Advertisements
Category Archives: Civil Litigation
Can a Landlord Charge a Tenant Late Fees?
Many residential leases purport to require tenants to pay their landlords late fees if they pay their rent late. Many tenants pay those fees without challenging them, and the question arises: are these fees enforceable? Short Answer: A late fee … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Litigation, Housing Law, Poverty law, Uncategorized
Tagged access to justice, Alberta, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Edmonton, Edmonton Community Legal Centre, housing, landlords, late payments, poverty, rent, Residential Tenancies Act, Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service, tenancy, tenants
1 Comment
Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence: Abolishing the Conditional Permanent Residence Provision and the Next Steps
Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence: Abolishing the Conditional Permanent Residence Provision and the Next Steps Arden Mathieson Summer Law Clerk Edmonton Community Legal Centre Prior to April 28, 2017, immigrants to Canada under the spousal sponsorship program had to live … Continue reading
Posted in Agency News, Civil Litigation, Family Law, Immigration Law
Tagged access to justice, accomodation, Alberta, discrimination, Domestic Violence, Edmonton, Edmonton Community Legal Centre, Emerging Needs, Family Law, lawyers, Permanent Residency, Poverty law, resources, self-representation, Sponsorship, Spousal Abuse
Leave a comment
Door-to-Door Deception
As of January 2017, section 9.1(1) of the Direct Selling Business Licensing Regulation has made it a prohibited practice to sell furnaces, air conditioners, water heaters, windows and energy audits door to door.[1] This regulation does not retroactively apply to … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Litigation, Human Rights / Constitutional Law, Poverty law, Public Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged access to justice, accomodation, Alberta, consumer, consumer protection, Direct Selling Business Licensing Regulation, door-to-door salesmen, Edmonton Community Legal Centre, Emerging Needs, Fair Trading Act, online, resources, sales pressure, Service Alberta
Leave a comment
Language Barriers: Lost in Translation
Language Barriers: Lost in Translation As a volunteer in family docket court, I frequently watch litigants struggle to communicate with judges, duty counsel, and even their own lawyers. If English or French is not someone’s first language, it is extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Litigation, Human Rights / Constitutional Law, Legal Resources, Poverty law, Public Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged access to justice, accomodation, court procedure, discrimination, Edmonton Community Legal Centre, Edmonton Immigrant Services Association, Emerging Needs, English fluency, Family Centre, Family Law, interpreters, law, lawyers, legal jargon, litigants, miscommunication, Multicultural Family Law Facilitators Project, Multicultural Health Brokers, Poverty law, resources, trial
1 Comment
Repost from ABlawg: Status of Women Deputy Minister Visits the University of Calgary
This is a repost of University of Calgary Professor Jennifer Koshan’s recently published wishlist of matters for the new provincial Status of Women Ministry (together with the Ministry of Justice) to address. http://ablawg.ca/2016/01/15/status-of-women-deputy-minister-visits-the-university-of-calgary-a-wish-list/ A suggestion of key interest to us … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Litigation, Human Rights / Constitutional Law, Public Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged access to justice, Alberta, Alberta Human Rights Act, Alberta Human Rights Commission, discrimination, Edmonton Community Legal Centre, employment, equality, Homelessness, lawyers, Ministry of Justice, Ministry on Status of Women, poverty, Poverty law, social condition, social disadvantage
Leave a comment
An Update on the Jurisdiction of Masters in the Court of Queen’s Bench to Set Aside Orders of the RTDRS
Jonnette Watson Hamilton recently posted an article on ABlawg.ca called “Setting Aside Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service Orders for Problems with Service: It Can’t Be Done,” in which she discusses a recent written decision by Master Farrington (in Calgary) in … Continue reading
Posted in Agency News, Civil Litigation, Housing Law
Tagged access to justice, Alberta, Alberta Rules of Court, Cinderella Orders, Conditional Orders, Edmonton Community Legal Centre, eviction, housing, juristiction, landlords, lawyers, Poverty law, rent, Residential Tenancies Act, Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service, resources, RTDRS, self-representation, tenancy, tenants
Leave a comment
ABlawg.ca Post Comment: Can the Homeless Find Shelter in the Courts?
In a recent ABlawg post, Joshua Sealy-Harrington argues that the Ontario Court of Appeal two-justice majority decision in Tanudjaja v Canada (Attorney General), 2014 ONCA 852 (CA) is less compelling than Feldman JA’s dissent–which would have recognized section 7 of … Continue reading
