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Category: Litigation
Update on Lake Loon-Cherry Brook Community Centre Matter
February 25, 2015 / by joe chater / in Constitutional Law Matters, Halifax Law Articles, Land Use, Litigation
Well, at present, the historic Black-Canadian communities of Lake Loon and Cherry Brook will remain cautiously optimistic that a settlement can be brokered with the City of Halifax. At present, I do not feel at liberty to discuss in detail the scope of preexisting discussions. The fact that the sides continue to talk is good — howe
Read moreLitigation/Contract: Supreme Court Sets Narrow Exception Involving Settlement Privilege & Mediation Confidentiality
Do you think that everything that happens during a mediation will remain confidential???? Think again. Contrary to what lawyers and their clients have believed about mediation being a “Vegas-styled” environment, i.e., “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” the Supreme Court of Canada recently threw the proverbial sanctit
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