March 2025

By: Jen M. Kaumeyer, University of Alberta Law Student Legal scholar Gary D Watson[1] has stated that a defining characteristic of Canadian civil procedure is that it ensures maximal fairness. In saying so, he contrasts civil procedure against administrative law, which itself only produces minimal fairness.[2] But what is the meaning of maximal fairness, and how does civil procedure achieve […]

By: Mackenzie Coleman, University of Alberta Law Student On February 25, 2024, the Honourable Arif Virani, then-Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, released Canada’s Black Justice Strategy’s Implementation Plan titled Toward Transformative Change: An Implementation Plan for Canada’s Black Justice Strategy.[1] The Plan, authored by Winnipeg lawyer Zilla Jones and University of Toronto professor Akwasi

By: Mackenzie Coleman, Law Student at the University of Alberta Earlier this year, Justice Simonsen determined in R v DMS that witness testimony does not necessarily need to be in the courtroom.[1] Justice Simonsen stated that the “trial judge erred by summarily dismissing its application under section 714.1 of the Criminal Code, for an order permitting the complainant to