We are proud to announce that Jamie Wood has joined the our Family Law practice. Click here to read her bio and learn a little more about Jamie.
We are proud to announce that Meredith Sargent, an Australian construction lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience in the field, has joined us as the newest member of our team. Meredith has extensive experience in claims management and the negotiation and drafting of global construction contracts, including time as in-house counsel with a large, international contractor. Click here to read her bio and learn a little more about Meredith.
Scott Booth spoke at the Canadian Federation of Law Societies National Family Law Program, held in Victoria, BC, July 12-15. Scott presented his paper on the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines.
As of July 1, 2010, a new set of Rules of Court will apply to Supreme Court proceedings in British Columbia. The new Rules will have a significant effect on litigation in this province and will apply to ongoing litigation commenced prior to July 1, 2010. To read a recent paper discussing some of the more significant changes to the Rules prepared by John Logan and David Mckenzie of JML for the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, Click here.
John Logan spoke on June 24, 2010 at the The Canadian Institute’s seminar: Tercon Changing the Face of Tendering Law in Canada – Tendering Law 101, Maximizing Compliance with Tendering Law — Getting up to Speed with the Latest Case Law Developments.
Tyler Galbraith is the British Columbia editor of the builders lien chapter in the Canadian Forms & Precedents Debtor / Creditor handbook.
In June 2010, Don Thompson and Jason Twa delivered the Big Hall Lecture on builders liens to British Columbia’s next crop of lawyers at the bar admission course.
Bob Jenkins and John Logan were notified by Lexpert that they were respectively recognized by their peers as consistently and repeatedly recommended lawyers in British Columbia in the field of Construction Law.
John Logan spoke on May 7, 2010 at the Pacific Business Law Institute’s seminar on Construction Law: Practical Guidelines for Doing Business in 2010 – Delay Claims: What is Required, Potential Ramifications and Practical Insight.
Dinyar Marzban has recently co-chaired CLE presentations to lawyers on the new rules in Vancouver and Victoria and was also a speaker at a similar CLE in Vancouver for legal assistants.
Dinyar Marzban is featured in the April 2009 issue of B.C. Business in an article about the top family lawyers in B.C.
John Logan and Jason Twa were recently successful for the Rocky Point Joint Venture in appealing the B.C. Supreme Court’s decision regarding the duty of fairness owed by owners to tenderers.
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Angela Santoro joined the JML family law group in March 2009. Angela obtained degrees in commerce and law at Queen’s University. She was called to the bar of British Columbia in 2006 and was practicing at Hunter Litigation Chambers in Vancouver.
Scott Booth has become the firm’s newest partner, effective January 1, 2009. Scott joined JML in 1999 and is a member of the family law group. He is a past chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s Vancouver chapter of the Family Law Section and is a member of the editorial board of the Family Law Sourcebook for British Columbia.
JML highlights the New Standard Construction Document CCDC 2. Download the PDF