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I Might Go To Jail For This, But Have Little Choice (Lawyer Needed)

by Amy MacPherson 

Dearest lawyer friends, I'm so sorry to do this to you. I tried to keep things private but I can't any longer. This story is complex and I won't intro too much, because I desperately need you to read it. The highlights are politics, debauchery, the Charter and access to (criminal + civil) justice. We need help so badly. It's nearly the 11th hour and all my attempts have been unsuccessful. Money has been the death knell, but there is money if you just read far enough. You'll also need to digest the whole thing to understand the many aspects at play. From the bottom of my heart, please. Even if it's the spirit of Christmas that causes you to read along. I don't know what to do anymore. Everyone we've canvassed has declined now, for reasons that span from expertise to politics to sizable retainer. I'm putting my own safety on the line, just to get this to enough people in the legal field. Thank you for your time, very much.

http://amymacpherson.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/i-might-go-to-jail-for-this-but-have-little-choice-lawyer-needed/

Closed courtrooms only protect bad judges and lawyers, says Judge Judy

AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS judge has told a former Minister for Justice that Ireland should have cameras in every courtroom.

Speaking to Nora Owen on TV3′s Midweek, Judge Judy said closed courtrooms protect two things – bad judges and bad lawyers.

“They also protect bad institutions that serve those courts, such as social services,” she continued. “They should be there as the norm. If you have a specific exclusion, then you make it.”

http://www.thejournal.ie/closed-courtrooms-only-protect-bad-judges-and-laywers-says-judge-judy-863648-Apr2013/

Bill aims to revolutionize custody in divorce cases

The legislation is based on recommendations of two government-appointed public committees that examined how to update custody regulations and bring them in line with United Nations conventions on children’s rights. One of the committees, appointed by Tzipi Livni in her first term as justice minister, dealt with the responsibility of divorced parents to their children.......

“The bill is intended to guarantee the good of every girl and boy by ensuring that their parents maintain their rights,” Kol (Yesh Atid) wrote in the bill. “According to the UN, children have rights independent of their parents and rights to their parents.”

To that end, the bill would make the courts take into account societal changes over the past decades that have equalized parenting roles of mothers and fathers. The bill would replace regulations that have been in place since 1962 that have not been updated since then..........


“This situation resulted in children in most cases gradually losing their connection with their father who did not have custody,” Kol wrote. “The tender years clause violates the UN decision that requires countries to guarantee the recognition of both parents’ responsibility to raise the children, rather than have one of them be the primary parent.”.......



The bill would end the practice of granting custody to one parent and separately deciding how much time the children will spend with each parent........

http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Bill-aims-to-revolutionize-custody-in-divorce-cases-333114

Legal help beyond the financial reach of many Ontario residents

Legal help beyond the financial reach of many Ontario residents

Ontario’s clogged family courts are filled with non-lawyers representing themselves, and it’s not because they fancy they’re modern-day Perry Masons. It’s because, more and more, legal help is beyond the financial reach of Ontarians. Justice reporter Jane Sims reports.

http://www.lfpress.com/2013/10/25/legal-help-beyond-the-financial-reach-of-man-ontarian-residents

Judge rules information is privileged | Chatham Daily News

An Ontario Court judge has ruled evidence allegedly gathered by private investigators hired by the Chatham-Kent Children's Services to watch the parents does not need to be shared with the couple unless they can show they are somehow prejudiced by the information being withheld.

Judge rules information is privileged | Chatham Daily News

Access to justice in Canada----- The Myth

Access to justice in Canada----- The Myth

Do you feel Betrayed and Destroyed by the so called "Justice System" in Ontario or any Canadian Family Court?

Did you abandon your case because of the high costs?

Did you get Justice in Family Court?

Were you self-represented?

Please send your story/situation to 

 Justice-the-Myth@outlook.com  

Access to justice in Canada ‘abysmal’ and ‘radical reforms’ need to be made to legal system, report says | National Post

Access to justice in Canada ‘abysmal’ and ‘radical reforms’ need to be made to legal system, report says | National Post: "Access to justice in Canada ‘abysmal’ and ‘radical reforms’ need to be made to legal system, report says"

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Woman’s custody battle highlights problems in legal aid system | Toronto Star

Woman’s custody battle highlights problems in legal aid system | Toronto Star:

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‘Multi-use courthouses’ needed, says report on Canadian justice | Toronto Star

‘Multi-use courthouses’ needed, says report on Canadian justice | Toronto Star:

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Judge refuses state-funded counsel for self-rep

Written by Yamri TaddeseFriday, 04 October 2013

http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/1711/judge-refuses-state-funded-counsel-for-self-rep.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LegalFeedsBlog+%28Legal+Feeds+Blog%29

Lawyer suspended for six months by law society | The Kingston Whig-Standard

Lawyer suspended for six months by law society | The Kingston Whig-Standard

Judge calls on colleagues to embrace trials

http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201307083324/headline-news/judge-calls-on-colleagues-to-embrace-trials#

“Are judges becoming indifferent to the task of attempting to control the civil justice system?” wrote Superior Court Justice David Brown in York University v. Michael Markicevic on June 25. “Here we are moving closer to the present day reality on the ground. One cannot overstate the oppressive effect on judicial morale of the endless waves of cases which seem to be going nowhere in a civil justice system that is sinking. Why try to be creative when the system, with a life of its own, grinds relentlessly on and downward?”

Legal aid out of reach

How can you have faith in a system that ignores all the facts

How can anyone have faith in a system when the facts are ignored and the lies prevail?

 How is it that the words of a lawyer become more believable than the facts?

When Judges ignore the facts before them, how can there be justice or even the slightest faith in the Corrupt system of so called "Justice System"

Justice Harvey Brownstone has announced that he is planning to return to television

Justice Harvey Brownstone has announced that he is planning to return to television in order to help people better understand the Canadian judiciary system. The television show is called "Family Matters" and deals with family court cases, such as divorce, child support, men's legal issues and family mediation. 

http://www.windsorfamilylawlawyers.com/2013/04/ontario-family-court-judge-explains-family-law-to-the-masses.shtml

New Judge Appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice

Justice Kathleen Baker was called to the Bar in 1989 and was a legal supervisor, then in-house counsel for the Children's Aid Society of Brant. From 1990 to 1994, she was in private practice specializing in criminal and family law, including child protection matters. For six years, Justice Baker worked as senior legal counsel for the Children's Aid Society of Durham, and of Hamilton. More recently, she has been in private practice, dealing with child protection proceedings as well as custody and access, support and property issues. Justice Baker has also been a panel member for the Office of the Children's Lawyer.

Justice Baker has been a member of the Legal Aid Ontario local appeals committee, and the Hamilton Family Court's child protection sub-committee. She has been a speaker at the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies, the Hamilton Women's Group and the McMaster Student Union. Justice Baker also has a long history of volunteering, including providing assistance at the Sexual Assault Centre in Hamilton, and as a member of the Legal Aid Ontario mentoring program. Justice Baker was a member of the Hamilton Public Library Board.   

http://news.ontario.ca/mag/en/2013/04/new-judge-appointed-to-the-ontario-court-of-justice-4.html

Time to expand paralegal rights?

http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201304299783/Headline-News/Time-to-expand-paralegal-rights?utm_source=responsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20130429_CLNewswire

It’s time to fix our broken family law system | therecord

It’s time to fix our broken family law system | therecord