In Thompson v. Procrane Inc. (c.o.b. Sterling Crane), the Alberta Court of Appeal considered whether service of originating documents by email can be sufficient and compliant with the rules of court. The underlying controversy related to two appeals of an Occupational Health and Safety Council decision. Thompson had been terminated from his job at Procrane […] Lire la suite
Colloque organisé par le comité spécial sur l’intégration des nouvelles technologies – Barreau du Québec. 21 avril 2016 – Grand Salon de l’Université Laval. Pour plus d’information sur le colloque. Lire la suite
Is online dispute resolution the wave of the future? Or is it a niche area that will always have applications in certain areas, but won’t be going mainstream anytime soon? To Read More. Lire la suite
The Online Dispute Resolution platform, aimed to help online shoppers settling disputes with merchants across Europe, still doesn’t offer exactly what it meant to do. The consumer tool was launched officially in February, but still five countries – including big ecommerce markets Germany and France – haven’t connected yet. To Tead Full Text. Lire la suite
As if newbie lawyers don’t have enough to worry about, what with student loan debt, escalating tuition, and a dearth of jobs, the Pew Research Center has come out with a study that should strike fear into the hearts of newbie lawyers as well as all lawyers, even the dinosaur ones. (Of course, that assumes […] Lire la suite
PRÉSTAMOS HIPOTECARIOS, CONSUMIDORES, MEDIACIÓN OBLIGATORIA Y ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Nombre: Convocatòria d’ajuts del Programa Estatal de Foment de la Investigació Científica i Tècnica d’Excel·lència. Subprograma Estatal de generació del coneixement. Modalitat Projectes d’R+D Organismo: Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad Programa: Programa Nacional de ciencias sociales, económicas y jurídicas Código oficial: DER2015-65148-C2-2-P Fecha inicial: 01/01/2016 Fecha […] Lire la suite
In the course of a very acrimonious divorce, in which the husband had been found to be a vexations litigant, the husband attempted to disavow a series of e-mail messages that were hostile, insulting, threatening and generally offensive. Madam Justice Shelly of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench in Kavanagh v Kavanagh was not inclined […] Lire la suite
TECHNOLOGY is reducing the reliance on traditional courtroom hearings, writes David S Christie The days of Perry Mason, where court cases could turn on a lawyer’s late flourish of vital evidence might be over (if they ever existed) with the increasing use of technology in the civil legal process Three of the possible stages in […] Lire la suite
The Alaska Court System will see hundreds of requests for interpreting services this year, and that volume has staff looking to technology to streamline what can become a complex and costly process. When a qualified interpreter of a language requested isn’t in Alaska, the court system looks Outside, sometimes flying people up for events like trials. […] Lire la suite
La Chaire LexUM organisait un colloque sur le nouveau code de procédure civile. Parmi les conférenciers, nous avons pu compter sur la présence de Me Marie José Longtin, L’Honorable Mario Tremblay, Me Maxime Fournier, Me Dominique Simard, Me Stéphane Reynolds, Me Patrick Gingras, Me Valentin Callipel, L’objectif de la conférence était de se pencher sur […] Lire la suite