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ARTICLES WRITTEN BY GEORGIALEE LANG

LAW360 “Court Allows Appeal Citing Trial Judge’s Incorrect Evidentiary Rulings and Failure to Assist In-Person Litigant” April 2024

LAW360 “Family Violence Takes Centre Stage in Mother’s Successful Appeal” April 2024

LAW360 “ChatGTP Foils Counsel’s Application, Leading to Costs and Law Society Investigation” March 2024

LAW360 “Med/Arb Award Overturned Twice” February 2024

THE VERDICT “Is it Time for One Lawyer to Serve One Family” February 2024

LAW360 “Abuse Directed at Counsel is Grounds for Special Costs” January 2024

LAW360 “Costs Submissions Invites Judicial “Oxymoron of the Year” Award” January 2024

100 BEST CANADIAN LAW BLOGS: LAWDIVA #39 IN 2023

LAW360 “Anachronistic and Stereotypical Ontario Tort Cases Rejected by BC Court” December 2023

LAW360 “Court Denies Application for Limited Transcripts for Family Law Appeal” November 2023

LAW360 ” Duplicity and Deceptions Abounds: Shen v. He” August 2023

LAW 360 “Challenge of Varying a “Vague” Spousal Support Agreement” July 2023

LAW360 “Arbitration Appeal: Sorting Out Standard of Review and Section 9 of the Child Support Guidelines” July 2023

LAW360 “Ascertaining Income for Support Purposes: Adding Back Business Expenses” July 2023

CANLIICONNECTS “Appeal Court Varies Agreement to Alleviate Unfairness Between the Parties” June 2023

LAW360 “Two Kicks at the Can: Appealing a Provincial Court Final Order” June 2023

LAW360 “Ascertaining Income for Support Purposes: Adding Back Business Expenses” June 2023

THE VERDICT ” Lawyering Up: The Representation of Children in Family Courts in British Columbia” June 2023

LAW360 “High-Conflict Parenting Case Applies Amended Rule 15 to Grant Stay of Trial Order” May 2023

CANLIICONNECTS “Can You Ever Achieve Finality in a Support Agreement?” May 2023

LAW360 “Is Expert Evidence Admissible on Interim Family Applications?” May 2023

CANLIICONNECTS “Self-Represented Litigant Frustrated with Family Court” April 2023

THE VERDICT “Knocking on a Closed Door: Access to Family Justice in British Columbia” February 2023

LAW360 “Relocation and Abduction Cases Continue to Confound the Courts- Part 2” February 2023

LAW360 “Relocation and Abduction Cases Continue to Confound the Courts- Part 1”  February 2023

TAKE FIVE NEWSLETTER Case comment on Cowan v. Williams 2022 BCCA 400 January 2023

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Fractured Parent/Child Relationships: The Side Effects of High Conflict Divorce” January 2023

CANLIICONNECTS “Court Cannot Order Parties into Arbitration or Limit Child Support Variation Applications” November 2022

SELECTED AS #43 IN TOP 100 CANADIAN LAW BLOGS FOR 2022

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Misconduct and Lack of Contribution are not Grounds to Reapportion Family Property” October 2022

THE LAWYER’S DAILY ” Scorched Earth Litigation: Detrimental to Children and a Burden on Scarce Judicial Resources” October 2022

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Discretionary Trust Does Its Job in Family Law Case” September 2022

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Appeal Court Considers Role of Foster Parents and Customary Care Arrangements” August 2022

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “An Exhausting and Ruinous Parenting Case: JM v. EM” June 2022

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “The Most Difficult Cases: Parental Relocation”  May 2022

CANLIICONNECTS  “BC’s Leading Case on Parental Alienation” May 2022

TRIAL LAWYERS OF BC “Alienation, Estrangement and Gatekeeping” May 2022

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Ground-Breaking Covid Decision in Family Law” March 2022

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Standard of Review Remains Elusive in Family Law Arbitrations” March 2022

THE VERDICT “New Evidence in Family Law Appeals: Clarity or Confusion?” February 2022

THE VERDICT “Liar, Liar Pants on Fire: Perjury in Family Court” December 2021

CANLIICONNECTS “Can a Child Custody Expert Perform Dual Roles: Assessor and Mediator?

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Family Arbitration: Jurisdiction and Self-Reps” September 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Retroactive Spousal Support Awarded by Appeal Court Despite 10-Year Delay” November 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Unmeritorious Claim Drawn Out by Exploiting Rules of Court” October 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice to Deceive” August 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “A Parent’s Worst Nightmare: International Child Abduction” August 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “A Word or Two About Rhetorical Excess in Family Litigation” June 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “The Ever Expanding Definition of Spousal Relationships” June 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Appeal Court Holds that Appellant’s Religious Beliefs Do Not Constitute Mental Unfitness” May 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Forged Evidence Does Not Impress Appeal Court” April 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Judge Denounces “Litigation Nonsense” During Time of Covid Pandemic March 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Is Case Management Judge’s Order Deserving of Deference? February 2021

THE LAWYER’S DAILY “Parental Alienation: Obtain Recourse in Court” January 2021

SELECTED AS #41 IN TOP 100 CANADIAN LAW BLOGS FOR 2020

PACIFIC BUSINESS AND LAW INSTITUTE “Retirement and Family Law: So Long Freedom 55” April 2020

SELECTED AS #48 IN TOP 100 CANADIAN LAW BLOGS FOR 2019

Trial Lawyers Association: “Excluded Property: British Columbia Court of Appeal Update” November 2019

Published by the THE VERDICT (TLABC)
“HOW APPEALING? APPEAL TIPS AND PRACTICE FOR FAMILY LAW LAWYERS IN THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEAL” SPRING 2019

Published by The Advocate “Family Law Arbitration: 5 Years Later” January 2019

Published by Pacific Business and Law Institute “Alternate Dispute Resolution for the Family Business” November 2018

Family Law Advocates Group June 2018: Paper “Family Law Arbitration: 5 Years Later”

SELECTED AS #42 IN 100 TOP CANADIAN LAW BLOGS 2018

Published by Trial Lawyers Association and canlii.connects March 2018 “Everything You Wanted to Know About Social Media, But Were Afraid to Ask”

Published by The Advocate July 2017 “The Wit and Wisdom of Mr. Justice Quinn”

Published by Trial Lawyers of B.C. March 2, 2017 “Practical Tax Tips for Family Law Lawyers”

Published by Continuing Legal Education November 4, 2016 “Advanced Financial Issues in Family Law”

Published by Pacific Business and Law Institute October 2015 “Grey Spousal Support: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I’m 64?”

Published by Take Five Newsletter May 2015 “Counsel’s Comments on Sampley v. Sampley BCCA”

Published by Trial Lawyers of British Columbia April 2015 “Finding Hidden Assets or How to Get Blood From a Stone”

Published by Postmedia December 2014 “The Politicization of Canada’s Supreme Court”

Published by Postmedia November 2014  “4 Reasons Why Justice Lori Douglas Finally Resigned”

Published by Huffington Post October 2014 “Compelling New Book Details Wrongful Conviction of BC’s Ivan Henry”

Published by Huffington Post August 2014 “Why I Support Canada’s Proposal on Prostitution Laws”

Published by Huffington Post August 2014 “Why Divorce Lawyers Will Never Work for a Fixed Fee”

Published by Take Five Newsletter June 2014 “Counsel’s Comments on Shah v. Bodine BCCA”

Published by Huffington Post June 2014 “Lawyers Ignored the Law in their Case Against Trinity Law School”

Published by Huffington Post May 2014 “Post-Divorce, Equal Parenting Should be Policy”

Published by The Lawyers Weekly May 2014 “The Case For Shared Custody”

Published by Postmedia April 2014 “Victims’ Voices to be Heard in Canadian Courts”

Published by Postmedia April 2014 “Terror in the Home: The Scourge of Domestic Violence”

Published by Postmedia March 2014 “SCC Cherry-Picks Principles of Interpretation to Bounce Justice Nadon”

Published by Postmedia March 2014 “Is Prostitution a Job?”

Published by Church in Vancouver.com  March 2014 Is Prostitution a Job?

Published by Postmedia February 2014 “The Case for Shared Parenting”

Continuing Legal Education February 2014 “So You Want to be a Superstar Lawyer?”

Pacific Business and Law Institute January 2014 Special Topics in Mediation and Arbitration: Shuttle Mediation, Impasse in Mediation and Med/Arb

Published by Postmedia November 2013 Bondage Judge’s Judicial Inquiry High-Jacked by Federal Court and Collapses

Published by Postmedia October 2013 First Same -Sex Marriage. Now, Same-Sex Divorce

Published by Postmedia September 2013 Ten-Year-Old Boy Champions Gender Identity Syndrome

Published by Postmedia September 2013 Canucks Divorce Trial Will Play to Standing Room Only

Published by Postmedia July 2013 Why George Zimmerman Was Acquitted.

Published by The Advocate July 2013 Family Law Med-Arb: The Best of Both Worlds?

Published by Postmedia June 2013 Justice for Jassi: Honour Killings and Extradition

Published by Postmedia June 2013 The Case Against Legalized Prostitution

Published by Postmedia June 2013 Steve Nash Child Support Dispute Turns Into PR Nightmare

Published by Postmedia May 2013 Judicial Copying Longstanding and Acceptable Says Highest Court

Published by Take Five Newsletter April 2013 Counsel’s Comments on Moradkhan v. Mofidi BCCA

Published by Postmedia April 6, 2013 Making Babies is a Tricky Business

Published by Postmedia February 22, 2013 Conrad Black Must Wait in Court Line Like Everyone Else

Published by Postmedia February 15, 2013 Hockey Pedophile Graham James Receives Longer Sentence From Appeal Court

Published by Postmedia February 12, 2013 Order of Canada Gynecologist Makes Multiple
Insemination Blunders

Published by Postmedia February 12, 2013 Evangelical Groups Denounce Uganda’s Anti-Gay Agenda

Published by Continuing Legal Education January 2013 Family Law Med-Arb: The Best of Both Worlds?

Published by Huffington Post September 10, 2012 Warren Jeffs Tyranny Over Bountiful BC

Published by Postmedia September 8, 2012 Warren Jeffs and the Tyranny at Bountiful BC

Published by Postmedia September 1, 2012 America’s Election: Game On

Published by Postmedia August 24, 2012 Halle Barry’s Custody Tactics Bring Out Her Dark Side

Published by Postmedia August 19, 2012 Dennis Rodman: Deadbeat Dad or Victim of Family Court

Published by Postmedia August 9, 2012 The Obama Sleazefest

Published by Postmedia July 31, 2012 RCMP:Good Old Boys’Club Under Attack

Published by Postmedia July 30, 2012 The Naked Judge: Lori Douglas is Not a Victim

Published by Postmedia July 26, 2012 Judge Douglas’ Lawyer Cries Uncle

Published by Postmedia July 18, 2012 Douglas Judicial Inquiry: Gotcha Moment Arouses Media But Doesn’t Matter

Published by Postmedia July 14, 2012 Penn State: Prestige and Profit Trumps Pedophilia

Published by Postmedia July 8, 2012 The High Cost of Cupid

Published by Postmedia July 1, 2012 Katie Holmes First Mistake: She Wants Sole Custody

Published by Postmedia June 30, 2012 Tom Cruise’s Divorce as Told Through his Movies

Published by Postmedia June 28, 2012 Obamacare: Oops! It’s a Tax

Published by Postmedia June 16 2012 Euthanasia: Medical Treatment or Compassionate Murder?

Published by Postmedia May 2 2012 Canada’s Bondage Judge Faces Judicial Inquiry This Month

Published by Postmedia April 23 2012 Talking Tough With Judges

Published by Postmedia April 21 2012 Calgary Citizens Launch Public Sex Offender Registry

Published by Postmedia April 14 2012 and the Desert Sun newspaper, Palm Springs, April 20, 2012, The Other Side of the Coachella Festival

Published by Postmedia April 7 2012 The Pickton Inquiry: What Else Can Go Wrong?

Published by Postmedia April 4 2012 Manipulating the Stuff of Life: Making Babies in the 21st Century

Published by Postmedia March 27, 2012 Divorcee Alert: No Single Men in Vancouver

Published by Postmedia March 28 2012 Prostitution in Canada: You Can’t Talk About It, But You Can Do It

Pubished by Postmedia March 26 2012 Miss Canada Universe Opens Transgender Dialogue

Published by Postmedia March 24 2012 Why Family Law Arbitration is the Future for Divorcing Spouses

Published by Postmedia March 26 2012 GOP Race Mimics Reality TV Show

Published in Huffington Post Nov. 6 2011 Five of the Dirtiest Divorce Tricks

Published by Huffington Post Oct. 20 2011 Five Support Arguments That Don’t Matter in Divorce Court

Published by Huffington Post Oct. 5 2011 Five Reasons to Fire Your Divorce Lawyer

Published by Huffington Post Sept. 29 2011 Do Custody Wars Poison Children?

Published by Huffington Post Sept. 13 2011 10 Signs You’re in for a Difficult Divorce

Published by Huffington Post Sept. 9 2011 Even Divorce Lawyers Can’t Afford a Divorce Lawyer

Published by Postmedia at canada.com Sept. 9 2011 It’s Not Enough to Remember Just Once a Year

Published by Huffington Post Aug. 8 2011 Family Law’s Crapshoot: Will Canada Reform Spousal Support Laws?

Published by American Bar Association Aug. 3 2011 The Road to Independence: Women’s Journeys to Starting Their Own Law Firms

Published by Huffington Post July 20 2011 Is Collaborative Divorce a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

Published by Huffington Post July 19 2011 Million-Dollar Case Against Revenue Canada Tossed Out: Was Jury Bewilderment at Play?

Published by Huffington Post July 6 2011 Canada’s Bondage Judge Faces Judicial Inquiry

Published by Huffington Post July 1 2011 Anonymous Sperm Donors Harm Children

Published by Postmedia at canada.com June 30 2011 Canada: The Greatest Country in the World

Published by Huffington Post June 29 2011 Who Will Fix Canada’s Family Law System?

Published by Huffington Post June 24 2011 How to Blow a Billion Dollars

Published by Huffington Post June 2011 Vancouver’s Shame

Published by Huffington Post June 2011 Will Cutbacks to BC Sheriffs Lead to Courtroom Chaos?

Published by CLE June 2011 After O.J. Simpson: Lawyers as Media Commentators

Published by Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun and Regina Leader Post May 2011 Why Putting Prisoners to Work is a Good Idea

Published by Postmedia at canada.com May 2011 Why Putting Prisoners to Work is a Good Idea

Published by worldnews.com April 2011 Why It’s Time to Elect Our Judges

Published by Postmedia at canada.com April 2011 Why It’s Time to Elect Our Judges

Published by Calgary Herald April 2011 Immigration Should Be About Policy Not Politics

Published by New Brunswick’s Telegraph-Journal April 2011 Leave Politics Out of Border Policy

Published by the Windsor Star April 2011 Fixing Family Law

Published by Postmedia at canada.com April 2011 Immigration Should Be About Policy Not Politics

Published by New Brunswick’s Telegraphjournal, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald and BC’s Province newspaper April 2011 Who Will Fix Our Broken Family System

Published by VancouverSun.com April 2011 Who Will Fix Our Broken Family Law System

Published by Postmedia at canada.com April 2011 Who Will Fix Our Broken Family Law System

Published by Postmedia at canada.com April 2011 Would the Liberals Repeal the Tories’ Tough Law and Order Agenda

Published by The Advocate March 2011 The Time Has Come: Family Law Arbitration in British Columbia

Published by Lawyers Weekly February 2011 Court Struggles with Support Guidelines

Published by CLE November 2010 Trial Preparation: Tips, Tricks and Tactics

Published by CLE July 2009 The Future is Now

Published by CLE July 2007 The Trial that Never Ends: Reopening Applications

Published by Canadian Christian News 2007 Deadlock Dads

Published by CLE 2005 The Chambers Game

Published by CLE 2002 Marketing Your Family Law Practice

Published by CLE 1999 The Impact of Family Law Claims: Takin’ Care of Business

Published by National Family Law Conference 1999 Parental Support: Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother

Published by Trial Lawyers 1998 The Old, But New Again, Constructive Trust

Published by Trial Lawyers 1998 The Business of Family Law

Published by CLE 1997 Multiple Excuses and No Results: Enforcing Access Orders

Published by CLE 1997 Bridging Concurrent Jurisdictions: Varying Provincial Court Orders in Supreme Court

Published by Pacific Business and Law Institute 1997 The Impact of Family Law Claims: Takin’ Care of Business

Published by CLE 1997 Estate Litigation after Peter v. Beblow

Published by Pacific Business and Law Institute 1996 Matrimonial Issues in Estate Planning: When Love Dies

Published by Trial Lawyers 1996 Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Custody Litigation: Strategies and Practice Points

Published by CLE 1995 Spousal Support After Moge

Published by CBA 1995 The Cost of the End of the Good Times: How to Value you Client’s Claim in Constructive Trust

Published by The Advocate 1995 An Agreement Today-An Order Tomorrow: Incorporating Agreement Terms into a Divorce Order

Published Advocates Club 1995 Memory on Trial

Published by CBA 1994 Death and Divorce: Some Family Law Considerations for Estate Practitioners

Published by CLE 1994 Client Relations in Family Law

Published by CBA 1993 Case Comment: McMaster v. McMaster

Published by CBA 1992 Case Comment: Antenen v. Antenen

Published by The Advocate 1990 The Folly of Fitness

Published by Canadian Bar Review 1990 Pelech: Variations on a Theme

Published by The Advocate 1989 The Tumbledown House: An Examination of the Fitness for Habitation of Lease Premises

Published by Lawyers Weekly 1988 Jury Reform

Published by Lawyers Weekly 1987 Dangerous Offenders