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Media Release

CBABC Responds to BC Budget 2019

  • February 19, 2019

“We are disappointed that today’s budget announcement, Making Life Better, overlooks additional funding for legal aid,” said Margaret A. Mereigh, CBABC President. “There are real families all over the province desperate for this public service, but they don’t have access due to lack of government investment."

CBABC Submission Legislative Update

Letter to Law Society of British Columbia

  • December 07, 2018

Letter to Law Society of BC re: 2018 Law Society Annual General Meeting Resolution 3 for family law licensed paralegals and the Legal Professions Act amendments in the Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2018, S.B.C. 2018, c. 49 (Bill 57).

CBABC Submission Legislative Update

Letter to Attorney General

  • November 23, 2018

Letter to Attorney General regarding the Legal Profession Act amendments in the proposed Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 57).