Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Education Seminar
Senior judges, legal academics, and professionals from the field of psychology led the program and provided participants with the opportunity to discuss challenging matters in administrative law, criminal, family, and social context topics. The program, which included a variety of presentations, panel discussions, and practical exercises, covered a number of subjects including: jurisprudential developments in the standard of review; case-management in criminal law, and enhanced practical skills in managing challenging litigants including self-represented litigants, as well as writing decisions in sexual assault matters. Judges were also provided with a unique social context session in which they heard directly from a woman judge who had escaped from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Number of Participants: n/a
Overview
This seminar covered a combination of substantive law, social context, and judicial skills, including decision-making in sexual assault matters, the standard of review post-Vavilov, case management in criminal matters, and issues with surrogacy contracts.
Objectives
The objectives of this seminar were to enhance participants' awareness of key jurisprudential developments in criminal and family law; to develop practical skills to manage challenging matters such as writing decisions in sexual assault matters, working with vulnerable litigants, and case-management in criminal matters, and to better understand the social context in which such issues arise.
Summary
Senior judges, legal academics, and professionals from the field of psychology led the program and provided participants with the opportunity to discuss challenging matters in administrative law, criminal, family, and social context topics. The program, which included a variety of presentations, panel discussions, and practical exercises, covered a number of subjects including: jurisprudential developments in the standard of review; case-management in criminal law, and enhanced practical skills in managing challenging litigants including self-represented litigants, as well as writing decisions in sexual assault matters. Judges were also provided with a unique social context session in which they heard directly from a woman judge who had escaped from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.