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4 VOL. 72 PART 1 JANUARY 2014 THE ADVOCATE OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVES LAW SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION BRITISH COLUMBIA BRANCH Jan Lindsay, Q.C. President Ken Walker, Q.C. First Vice President David Crossin, Q.C. Second Vice President Timothy E. McGee Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director CARIBOO Susan Margaret C. Grattan William Jackson, Q.C. Constance Marie Sauter KOOTENAY Donald Noriyuki Kawano Deanna Grace Ludowicz NANAIMO Mark Burger Grant W. Currie Clinton Jean Sadlemyer Scott Sheets PRINCE RUPERT Martin Griffith-Zahner Sean E. Rowell VANCOUVER Kenneth Armstrong Jennifer Chow Samantha Davey Timothy J. Delaney Diana Lee Dorey Jasroop Grewal Lisa Hamilton Judith Janzen Ken Kramer Spencer May Perry Anthony Mazzone BENCHERS EX OFFICIO The Honourable Suzanne Anton Attorney General of British Columbia APPOINTED BENCHERS Haydn Acheson Satwinder K. Bains Stacy Kuiack ELECTED BENCHERS Joseph J. M. Arvay, Q.C. Pinder K. Cheema, Q.C. Jeevyn Dhaliwal Lynal E. Doerksen Thomas P. Fellhauer Craig A.B. Ferris W. Martin Finch, Q.C. Miriam Kresivo, Q. C. Dean P. J. Lawton Jamie Maclaren Sharon Matthews, Q.C. Peter B. Lloyd, FCA Benjimen Meisner Claude H. Richmond Nancy Merrill Maria Morellato, Q.C. David Mossop, Q.C. C. E. Lee Ongman Gregory Petrisor Philip A. Riddell Elizabeth Rowbotham A. Cameron Ward Tony Wilson Barry N. Zacharias ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Margaret Mereigh Marina Morgan Lisa D. Ridgedale Alex Shorten Mark R. Slay Dierk Ullrich H. William (Bill) Veenstra C. Anthony (Tony) Wilson Louisa Winn VICTORIA Sarah L. Klinger Chris Massey Kay M. Melbye Carmen J. Rogers Charlotte A. Salomon WESTMINSTER Renée L. Aldana Edmund Caissie Janet L. Clark Rebecca Lee Darnell Vanessa J.D. Van Sickle Perminder Tung YALE Edmund P. Caissie James D. Cotter David Charles Dundee Robert Oliver Levin Michael Welsh BRITISH COLUMBIA BAR ASSOCIATIONS ABBOTSFORD & DISTRICT Joshua Bach, President CAMPBELL RIVER Kevin Simonett, President CHILLIWACK & DISTRICT Daniel Sorensen, President COMOX VALLEY Bonnie Day, President COWICHAN VALLEY Julia Hendersen, President KAMLOOPS Christina J. Cook, President KELOWNA Deanna Stone, President KOOTENAY Maggie Balfour, President NANAIMO CITY Sandra Dick, President NANAIMO COUNTY Clint Sadlemyer, President NEW WESTMINSTER Diane Gradley, President NORTH SHORE John Whyte, President PENTICTON & DISTRICT Michael Welsh, President PORT ALBERNI Christina Proteau, President EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dean Crawford President Alex Shorten Vice President Carmen Rogers, Q.C. Secretary Treasurer Kerry Simmons Past President Caroline Nevin Executive Director Krystle Gill Equality and Diversity Representative Sean Rowell Young Lawyers’ Representative Jennifer Chow Officer Clint Sadlemyer, Q.C. Officer Bill Veenstra Officer Michael Welsh Officer PRINCE GEORGE Lorne Dunn, President PRINCE RUPERT Michael Shaw, President QUESNEL Jennifer Johnston, President SALMON ARM Dennis Zachernuk, President SOUTH CARIBOO COUNTY Angela Amman, President SURREY Sarando Matheos, President VANCOUVER Executive Richard Pearce President Mark Fancourt-Smith Vice President Carolyn MacDonald Secretary Treasurer Timothy Hinkson Past President VERNON Coady MacEachern, President VICTORIA Kay Melbye, President Changes to the rosters of officers and executives of the Law Society and the various bar associations will be recorded in the issue following the month when they are reported by those bodies to the Advocate business office, subject to time limits imposed by the Advocate’s production schedule.
THE ADVOCATE “Of interest to the lawyer and in the lawyer’s interest” VOL. 72 PART 1 JANUARY 2014 Published six times each year by the Vancouver Bar Association Established 1943 ISSN 0044-6416 GST Registration #R123041899 Subscription rate $27.50 + GST per year Single copies $7.00 + GST EDITOR: D. Michael Bain EDITORIAL BOARD: Christopher Harvey, Q.C. David Roberts, Q.C. The Honourable Mary Saunders Jennifer Law Conkie, Q.C. Peter J. Roberts The Honourable William F.M. Jackson VANCOUVER BAR ASSOCIATION ADVOCATE COMMITTEE: Richard Pearce Mark Fancourt-Smith Carolyn MacDonald Timothy Hinkson BUSINESS MANAGER: Lynda Roberts COVER ARTIST: David Goatley DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH: Seva Batkin EDITORIAL OFFICE: #1918–1030 West Georgia Street Vancouver, B.C. V6E 2Y3 Telephone: 604-696-6120 E-mail: BUSINESS & ADVERTISING OFFICE: #103–1529 West 6 TH Avenue Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1R1 Telephone: 604-737-8757 Fax: 604-737-8214 E-mail: WEBSITE: Entre Nous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 On the Front Cover: Jan Lindsay, Q.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 By Julie K. Lamb Wills and Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 By John Cochrane Reflections of a Deputy Judge of the Yukon Sitting . . . 31 in Watson Lake, August 1994 By Marion Allan Think You Know CanLII? A Closer Look into a . . . . . . 37 Prized Asset of the British Columbia Legal Community By Colin Lachance The Wine Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Advocate News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 News from Courthouse Libraries BC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 News from BC Law Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 News from CLEBC Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 LAP Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Announcing the 2014 Advocate Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Fiction Competition UBC Law Faculty News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 UVic Law Faculty News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 The Attorney General’s Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Court Notices and Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Nos Disparus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 New Judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 New Books and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Grumbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Legal Anecdotes and Miscellanea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 From Our Back Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Bench and Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 ON THE FRONT COVER Jan Lindsay, Q.C., is our current Law Society President and the first cover subject to appear in our new style. Check out her style at page 17.
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