
Canada Reads 2012 Day One
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- February 5, 2012
Canada Reads: True Stories is underway, with five celebrity panellists debating the merit of five non-fiction titles during the annual CBC book debate.
Canada Reads: True Stories is underway, with five celebrity panellists debating the merit of five non-fiction titles during the annual CBC book debate.
You wouldn’t believe it… but Anne-France Goldwater and Linda Hammerschmid actually know one another, and they really like one another! They’ve known each other for MORE THAN 30 YEARS but you certainly wouldn’t be able to tell by the way they attacked one another tooth-and-nail… the segment was supposed to last for half-an-hour … we extended it by 30 minutes… and then we extended it yet again by another 30 minutes. The calls and the texts never stopped. You HAVE to hear it to believe it! I’d love to hear what you think about these two..
Anne France Goldwater is Lola’s former lawyer and said, “What hasn’t happened in Quebec, uniquely in Quebec, unlike the rest of Canada, and it’s very weird, is that common-law couples have not attracted the same protection. So you have a whole chapter of our civil law called THE FAMILY, that completely excludes common-law families.”
Anne-France Goldwater of Montreal’s Goldwater, Dube, counsel for the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) and the DisAbled Women’s Network Canada (DAWN-RAFH) who intervened in L.M.P. v. L.S., said the groups were “thrilled” with the Supreme Court’s judgment.
“What [they] wanted to establish is that, where there is long-term support provided for in an agreement between a husband and a wife, a husband should not be able to come back with impunity and merely say: ‘We have been divorced this amount of time — cut the support,’ ” Goldwater said.
Anne-France Goldwater, BCL’80, is a one-of-a-kind presence on the Quebec legal scene. Her frank manner and shoot-from-the-hip style stand out in a world soaked in protocol and civility. It doesn’t hurt that she has a knack for court cases that grab newspaper headlines.
Quebec litigator Anne-France Goldwater may not be familiar to many Canada Reads fans outside la belle province. But that doesn’t mean you should count her out. Known for her tell-it-like-it-is ways, this family law lawyer is known as “Quebec’s Judge Judy.” And with a rep like that, the other Canada Reads panelists better watch out!
Anne-France Goldwater is considered one of Quebec’s more opinionated and colourful lawyers.
Lawyer Anne-France Goldwater says stronger animal rights laws don’t mean much without enforcement provisions in law.
Anne-France Goldwater, BCL’80, brings her no-holds-barred attitude with her as she rules on small claims arbitration cases on her new television show, L’Arbitre. Finally, a depiction of the hearing of a live case and the rendering of a verdict that is stimulating without insulting the participants – or the viewers’ intelligence!
Quebec now has its own “Judge Judy”. And her name is Anne-France Goldwater.
Today Quebec Justice Minister Jean Marc Fournier waded into the Eric vs Lola case. He is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn a lower court decision. The court ruled common law partners should have the same rights as married couples after they split up.
French-language television channel V has hired lawyer Anne-France Goldwater to star in L’Arbitre.
‘Not your typical lawyer’; fierce adversary with a rapid wit chosen for French-language TV court show. She’s a family-law lawyer whose high-profile cases are changing the nature of common-law unions in Quebec and helped legalize same-sex marriages in Canada.
Anne-France Goldwater popped into the CTV Montreal studios to chat with Tarah Schwartz about her upcoming TV program, L’Arbitre.
One of Quebec’s most colourful legal figures will be starring in her own television show this coming fall, L’Arbitre. Family lawyer Anne-France Goldwater is about to become the province’s “Judge Judy” equivalent, hearing small-claims cases and making decisions about personal disputes for a broadcast audience.
LegalEase sits down with Me. Anne France Goldwater about the Lola case. The court of appeal decision makes common-law couples are entitled to spousal support upon the break-down of the marriage.