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July 29, 2013

Change in the CPP: coming to people near you?

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The Globe and Mail reported earlier this week that the Federal Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty, agreed with his provincial ministerial colleagues to consider a modest expansion of the CPP this June. It didn’t happen. The author of the article, Michael Wolfson, added that a study – also released this week, by the Canadian Institute for […]

That mysterious word: (legal) costs

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Most people who consider litigation express concern over the cost of it. In British Columbia, a successful party is typically awarded costs against the other side. Our system of costs is designed partly to promote settling disputes (rather than litigating), and partly for the successful party to recover some of their Lawyer’s charges for the […]