Good morning everyone.
It's Saturday and a little bit cold.
We came across this little bit of information - when you are sworn in as a lawyer in Canada you are required to swear your allegience to the Crown. Which is fine enough, unless you are working for an indigenous group who is refuting Crown title.
I don't believe it has happened in a long time, but we saw an example of lawyers remaining committed to the Crown despite their Aboriginal clients' claim. And in fact working against their clients.
Bizzare.
Second little thing - once you have a land use plan, zoning and by-laws and the process by which those are passed or amended is extremely powerful. Your land could be expropriated concievably for green space. The example we were looking at was with CP Rail who had an inactive line right through the middle of Vancouver where the city passed a by-law that said it had to remain a public passage way and could not be sold into smaller parcels.
This basically disolved its otherwise super valuable real estate value.
Anyway, don't quote me on these things - I'm just a law student with 9 whole days of experience. I just thought you might find them interesting to think about.
A big thank you to Sandra and her group for Safeway giftcards - and those who bought squares in the hockey pool.
Kukstemc.
Chrystie
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