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Courthouse Libraries, Clicklaw, and LawMatters recently hosted Supporting Self Represented Litigants in Provincial Court: Resources and Q&A. Using a fictional narrative, presenters demonstrated on...
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Many of you have probably been receiving questions from patrons on the Emergencies Act, invoked on February 14, 2022, by the federal government. This post gives a brief overview of what the Act is, wh...
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Access to Justice Week BC (Feb 7-11) aims to increase awareness of the access to justice crisis in BC in a way that inspires engagement to help address it by closing gaps in the legal system. Incr...
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In the last two posts in our eviction series, we talked about the types of eviction notices a tenant might receive and the process of disputing the eviction at the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB). To...
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LawMatters, Clicklaw, and Courthouse Libraries BC are excited to present Supporting Self Represented Litigants in Provincial Court: Resources and Q&A. This webinar will provide an overview of reso...
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