British Columbia Law Institute
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We are closed today in observance of #RemembranceDay. We will resume our regular hours tomorrow.

The #PensionDivision project committee has started reviewing responses to the consultation in order to develop tentative recommendations. Learn more: http://ow.ly/CMRh50Ce8o6

The #AlbertaLawReformInstitute just published a consultation paper and survey on family maintenance and support from the estate of a person who stood in the place of a parent. (https://www.alri.ualberta.ca//standing-in-place-of-a-pare/) Before you delve into them, here's a great video primer on the topic: https://youtu.be/opHdT-AB_vs

Today on the blog, we begin a new #SpotlightSeries for the Child Protection Project Consultation. First topic to consider: terms and definition - "family violence". Because the term "domestic violence" isn’t defined in the Child, Family and Community Service Act, its scope is unclear. Should the term be retained and how would any replacement term be defined?... Read our tentative recommendations for reform: https://www.bcli.org/spotlight-on-child-protection-definiti

Last week, the Law Commission of Ontario released the first of three papers on artificial intelligence and algorithm-based decision making in the Canadian justice system. You can access the paper "The Rise and Fall of Algorithms in American Criminal Justice: Lessons for Canada" here: https://bit.ly/2TP5S1A