February

Queen’s University third year law school student, Alex Bogach, is the winner of the annual Canadian Bar Association Real Property Law Section Essay Competition

Canada joins the US, Britain and three other countries in setting up the International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre to crack down on global corruption.

Kim Jakeman, Chair of the CBA End of Life Working Group, appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to discuss the changes to Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal code and to make related amendments to others Acts (medical assistance in dying).

The Supreme Court of Canada in World Bank Group v. Wallace upheld archival and personal immunities of the World Bank Group, and its anti-corruption investigators. The decision acknowledges the importance of ongoing efforts in the global fight against corruption.

An update on current initiatives

“The Honour of the Crown” is the theme of the Canadian Bar Association’s Aboriginal Law Conference taking place in Ottawa, May 5-6. Speakers at the event include author John Ralston Saul; Claudette Commanda of the First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres; Justice Harry Slade, chair of the Specific Claims Tribunal; Bob Rae of Othuis Kleer Townshend; and the Chief Justice of Canada, Beverley McLachlin.

The Intellectual Property Section and the Construction Law Section have announced winners for their 2016 prizes – both students at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law.

Here’s what’s coming up in the near future

Spotlight on young lawyers and law students

Canadian Bar Association President Janet Fuhrer and Hugh Wright, vice-chair of the CBA’s Judicial Compensation and Benefits Committee, appeared before the fifth quadrennial Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission.