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This booklet explains your rights if you are charged with a disciplinary offence in federal prison. Topics include informal resolution, the charge, the hearing process, penalties, and reviewing a disciplinary decision.
This booklet explains the process for making a complaint with the Correctional Service of Canada. Topics include rights and realities, the grievance procedures, and writing your grievance.
The Criminal Code of Canada allows a judge or justice of the peace to require you to enter a recognizance (like a peace bond) if there are reasons to believe you will commit certain serious crimes. This booklet explains the 810 process, what your rights are, and how to get legal help.
This booklet is a self-help guide about your rights to personal property while you are in federal custody.
Each strata has its own set of rules, called bylaws, that cover various aspects of living there. These rules might limit or ban things like owning pets, renting out your unit for short periods, or smoking indoors.
This chapter on motor vehicle law is from the manual used by law students handling cases at LSLAP’s legal clinics. It provides an overview of licensing requirements and driving offences such as impaired driving, careless driving, and failure to remain at the scene of an accident.
A series of guidebooks on the Supreme Court of BC for cases involving a civil matter — claims exceeding $35,000, as well as bankruptcy, personal injury, and contract disputes. Explains everything from starting an action and serving documents to how trial works and how to enforce an order after trial.
