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SPECIAL REPORT
LAW TIMES
Focus on trusts & estates and
medical malpractice; Bizarre Briefs;
Insider
COVER STORY
LEGAL TECH
Innovation in estates law is just in time for biggest wealth
transfer in history
FEATURE
CROSS EXAMINED
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine
McKenna has her own flow
FEATURE
PERSONAL
INJURY LAW
Trial delays make a mockery of
access to justice for plaintiffs and
defendants
FEATURE
FAMILY LAW
Courts are increasingly recognizing
property rights for common law
couples, but legislation has yet to
catch up
UPFRONT
03 Editor's desk
Make legal aid an election issue
06 West update
B.C. articling student fired, sues Acumen
Law and wins
08 Ontario update
Appeal court 'withdraws' decision
signed in error
10 Quebec Update
Recent class action decisions — by
lower courts and the SCC — have
clarified requirements for authorization
OPINION
14 Banking on Corporate
Say what is and isn't meant
16 Legal Innovation Now
Move slow and fix things
54 Back Page
Is it hysteria over listeria?
FEATURE
50 Real Estate
Facilities used by pharmaceutical
companies are a natural home for new
cannabis businesses
PEOPLE
38 Firm Insight
Field Law, which operates in Calgary,
Edmonton and Yellowknife, recently
created a unique way to allocate its
charitable donations
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