November 29, 2019
Review of Division of Pensions Regulation and administrative fees take centre stage at November 2019 meeting of the Pension Division Review Project Committee
At this month’s meeting of the BCLI Pension Division Review Project Committee the committee tackled two topics. First, it reviewed the Division of Pensions Regulation, including the forms prescribed under the regulation. Second, it examined the fees that may be charged by a pension-plan administrator to the parties in a Read more…
November 19, 2019
New Project Announced: Health Care Consent and Capacity Assessment Tribunals Project
BCLI and CCEL have started a new project on health care, guardianship, and capacity tribunals. The Health Care Consent and Capacity Assessment Tribunals Project follows upon a finding and recommendation in a recent Canadian Centre for Elder Law report, Conversations About Care: The Law and Practice of Health Care Consent Read more…
October 31, 2019
Pension Division Review Project Committee wraps up review of double-dipping, private annuities at October 2019 committee meeting
At its monthly committee meeting, BCLI’s Pension Division Review Project Committee completed its review of two topics that had figured in earlier committee meetings. The first topic involves something that has been informally called double-dipping. This may occur when a spouse receives a share of the other spouse’s pension benefits Read more…
October 29, 2019
Child Protection Project Committee continues examination of definitions and terms used in Child, Family and Community Service Act
BCLI’s Child Protection Project Committee continued its review of the Child, Family and Community Service Act at its October 2019 committee meeting. As at its previous monthly meeting, the committee’s focus remained on updating the definitions and terms used in this act, in light of the new terminology that appeared Read more…
October 9, 2019
BCLI’s Study Paper on Financing Litigation: Recent Developments
It’s been two years since BCLI’s Study Paper on Financing Litigation was published. The study paper has been well received by stakeholders, legal academics, lawyers and legal advocates alike. About the Study Paper on Financing Litigation The study paper examines the traditional and alternative methods litigants use to pay for Read more…