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New Law in Canada Focused on Indigenous Children and Families
On January 1, 2020 a new law in Canada focused on Indigenous Children and Families, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the “Act”) came into force . The Act’s preamble proclaims the government’s intention to implement the...
Judicial Case Conferences – What You Should Know
If you have a family case in the Supreme Court of British Columbia you will encounter the Judicial Case Conference ("JCC") early in your court process. A JCC is a private, informal, without prejudice meeting between you, the other party, your respective lawyers and a...
Education Support to BC Children and Youth in Care
Children and youth who have been in Government Care in BC have financial options to help them further their education. The Foster Parent Support Services Society ("FPSS") compiles this information in a new resource, A Guide to: Scholarships, Bursaries,...
Trudi Brown In The Media about High Conflict
Trudi Brown was asked to do several interviews in early January 2018 about high conflict cases after a tragic family law matter was in the news which devastated the family and broader community. The news items focused on how to best support children and...
Congratulations to Trudi Brown! Family Law Expert
Congratulations to our very own, Trudi Brown! Trudi L. Brown, Q.C., has been chosen by her peers out of all of the family lawyers in British Columbia to be the first ever recipient of the Law Society of British Columbia’s Excellence in Family Law Award. With her 45...
Strategic Planning for Family Law Clients
Brown Henderson Melbye is a Victoria-based family law firm where experience and innovation live. Led by firm partners Trudi L. Brown, Q.C., with 45 years’ of experience, Kay Melbye and Shauna Tucker, each with more than 20 years’ of experience, our team of six lawyers...
Business Leader of the Year – Oak Bay News
On January 31, 2018, the Oak Bay News kindly recognized Trudi Brown, Q.C. as a 'Trail Blazer' in Family Law in light of being awarded the Law Society of BC’s Excellence in Family Law award. Read more by clicking here. More recently on February 28, 2018, the Oak...
Justice for Children in Canada
On May 11th to 12th, Suzanne Williams from the BHM team spoke at the Vancouver event, Access to Justice for Children: Child Rights in Action Conference organized by the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC (CLEBC) in collaboration with the Canadian Bar...
Annual General Meeting of the International Academy of Family Lawyers– September 2017 in Reykavik, Iceland
The International Academy of Family Lawyers is an organization of senior experienced family lawyers from around the world. There are three meetings a year; the European Chapter, the Canadian/US Chapter and the International AGM. At this meeting, there was a very...
When the Home is not a Haven in Family Law
BHM Lawyer Suzanne Williams presented at the April 21, 2017 When the Home is not a Haven: Protecting the Child Conference hosted by The Trial Lawyers Association of BC in Vancouver. Lawyers from across BC learned about key challenges in Family Law cases that also...