In Ontario, there has been much discussion in the media and amongst various legal groups about ‘access to justice’ and how, in particular, the high cost of litigation prevents people from ‘accessing the justice system’. Recently, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Chief dealt with this issue in her remarks at the
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Mandatory Information Programmes in the Family Court or (MIPS FC)
One of the ‘four pillars’ of court reform announced by Ontario’s Attorney General, Chris Bentley, last year (2010) was to provide up front information for people who were suffering from marriage breakdown. The way in which Minister Bentley’s strives to provide this information is the “MIP”. Many separating couples simply do not know the range…
Do-It-Yourself Divorce
Thanks to the Internet, we have access to so much information about just about everything. The benefits of information and how quickly we can get it are obvious. So the internet is one tremendous tool and it is truly causing a revolution in education for our entire society. The revolution is affecting every institution from…
The Four Pillars – Family Court is a A-Changin’
Ontario is now committed to reforming the family court system in Ontario. To make that happen the government intends to change the attitude of all participants. Those of us who deal with family breakdowns have long understood that the adversarial system is really not the best system to deal with family breakdown. That system often…