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Litigant decries ‘post-traumatic court disorder’

Yamri Taddese - Monday, May 13, 2013
Each time Rhonda Nordlander leaves the courthouse, she suffers an episode of what she calls “post-traumatic court disorder.”

Like many family law litigants in this country, Nordlander has found herself navigating the complex court system by herself. She’s been trying to get access to her children who live with her ex-husband. The do-it-yourself journey has been a downward spiral littered with frustration and failure, she says.

“It’s turned into something that’s way over my head.”

Stories like Nordlander’s are at the heart of a final report on self-represented litigants in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta. As part of her research, University of Windsor law professor Julie Macfarlane...

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Monday, May 20, 2013

NEW REGIONAL SENIOR JUDGE APPOINTED

Justice Hugh Lloyd Fraser will become the new regional senior judge for the east region of the Ontario Court of Justice this summer, the province announced last week.

Fraser replaces Justice Lise Maisonneuve in the role. He starts his new position on July 25, according to the Ministry of the Attorney General. That’s the same day Maisonneuve becomes the court’s associate chief justice.

Fraser became a judge in 1993. As a regional senior judge of the Ontario Court of Justice, Fraser will exercise the power of the chief justice in his assigned region. These duties include scheduling court hearings and assigning cases to judges.

TORYS INVESTS IN BB10

Torys LLP lawyers will be brandishing BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones by this summer as the firm announced it has invested in the newest models of the Canadian brand.

Torys, a long-standing BlackBerry customer, announced last week it’s looking forward to rolling...

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